Everything is grayed out

ok. Ive been using ichat with my aim screen name for about two years now. all of a sudden when i click ichat, it opens, but i see no window, no buddy list, nothing....the dock says its open, the bar at the top of the screen has all the menus for ichat, but nothing else....i go to click on preferences for ichat, and its grayed out....all i can do is open ichat, quit ichat, and select my available message. help me please

I'm also having this problem.
I have followed the instructions here, logged out of ichat and back in, then I get a page welcoming me to ichat AV. I press continue and it asks me to set up instant messaging. It will not accept my password (the same one I use to get in here) and so I reset the password. Still won't let me past that page because it says my password is wrong. Then I have to force quit to get out.
Can anyone help with simple instructions on how to sort this out?
Thanks in advance

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