Corrupted preferences repeatedly

Hi -
I just posted this to another thread because the discussion forum wouldn't allow me to create a new thread but now it does!
Anyway, here's the problem. Starting 2 days ago, when I log in, my iChat window is a gray box. In order to get my normal iChat, I have to quit iChat, delete the preferences, start iChat and go through the setup wizard. Every time I quit, it appears that the preferences become corrupted.
I'm on a MacBook Pro, OS 10.4.8, iChat 3.1.7
Any help? Thanks.
Pat Christenson

pxenson,
I notice these forums kind of have a "will of their own".
Now if this would be true, it would mean that objectivity has been lost.
The posters who are trying to help you on this forum are sincere.
But I think the message you posted:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=873622&tstart=0
2.16 Ghz Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  
Message was edited by: CodLBi

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    Anonymous UUID: 2EB48674-A814-4206-AC94-1DFC1FD2E660
    Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
    Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000c0000023
    Crashed Thread: 2
    Thread 0:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910c3286 machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910caa7c mach_msg + 72
    2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc7e7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc8aa8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
    4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x903b02ac RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283
    5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x903b00c5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
    6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x903aff39 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106
    7 com.apple.AppKit 0x917d36d5 _DPSNextEvent + 657
    8 com.apple.AppKit 0x917d2f88 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
    9 com.apple.AppKit 0x917cbf9f -[NSApplication run] + 795
    10 com.apple.loginwindow 0x0001b8e8 0x1000 + 108776
    11 com.apple.loginwindow 0x00005b02 0x1000 + 19202
    Thread 1:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910c3292 machmsg_overwritetrap + 10
    1 com.apple.loginwindow 0x00032373 0x1000 + 201587
    2 com.apple.loginwindow 0x000324f3 0x1000 + 201971
    3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4155 pthreadstart + 321
    4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4012 thread_start + 34
    Thread 2 Crashed:
    0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x96b89688 objc_msgSend + 24
    1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92015648 +[NSConnection _portInvalidated:] + 712
    2 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9e42a nsnotecallback + 106
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ca947a __CFXNotificationPost + 362
    4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ca9753 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 179
    5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9b680 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 128
    6 com.apple.Foundation 0x91fe6f1a _NSPortDeathNotify + 106
    7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ca3dab CFMachPortInvalidate + 219
    8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ca47a6 __CFNotifyDeadMachPort + 294
    9 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ca3ff5 __CFMachPortPerform + 117
    10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc86b8 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 3896
    11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc8b04 CFRunLoopRun + 84
    12 com.apple.DVCPROHDMuxer 0x11c160fb AVS::DestroyAVCDeviceController(AVS::AVCDeviceController*) + 297
    13 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4155 pthreadstart + 321
    14 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4012 thread_start + 34
    Thread 3:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910c3286 machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910caa7c mach_msg + 72
    2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc7e7e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96cc8aa8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
    4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92cb65f8 HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*) + 160
    5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x92cb6480 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 96
    6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4155 pthreadstart + 321
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4012 thread_start + 34
    Thread 4:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910c32e6 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f52af pthread_condwait + 1244
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f6b33 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
    3 com.apple.Foundation 0x91fe4dbc -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 236
    4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91fe4bd0 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 144
    5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91fe4b35 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
    6 com.apple.AppKit 0x918396e8 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 753
    7 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9edfd -[NSThread main] + 45
    8 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9e9a4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
    9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4155 pthreadstart + 321
    10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4012 thread_start + 34
    Thread 5:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910c3286 machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910caa7c mach_msg + 72
    2 com.apple.security 0x972977b3 ucspclientsetupThread + 119
    3 com.apple.security 0x972a041a Security::SecurityServer::ClientSession::activate() + 156
    4 com.apple.security 0x972a229e Security::SecurityServer::ClientSession::authCreate(AuthorizationItemSet const*, AuthorizationItemSet const*, unsigned long, Security::SecurityServer::AuthorizationBlob&) + 132
    5 com.apple.security 0x97293ba7 AuthorizationCreate + 71
    6 com.apple.loginwindow 0x00008d26 0x1000 + 32038
    7 com.apple.loginwindow 0x0001572e 0x1000 + 83758
    8 com.apple.loginwindow 0x000154a2 0x1000 + 83106
    9 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9edfd -[NSThread main] + 45
    10 com.apple.Foundation 0x91f9e9a4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
    11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4155 pthreadstart + 321
    12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x910f4012 thread_start + 34
    Thread 2 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
    eax: 0x0052ded0 ebx: 0x9201c9d1 ecx: 0x96ba6f4c edx: 0xc0000003
    edi: 0x0052ded0 esi: 0xb00cb4dc ebp: 0xb00cb4b8 esp: 0xb00cb458
    ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x96b89688 cs: 0x00000017
    ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
    cr2: 0xc0000023
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