Face Time won't start

Trying to set up Face Time and cant sign in because my Face Time Prefs are always greyed out.

As I understand your response, FaceTime seems to be the only trouble you are having.
The next things to try (in this order) are:
(1) Use your Mac's Disk Utility to repair permissions.  Then reinstall your FaceTime app.
• Repair permissions again immediately following the reinstall.  Then test FT function.
• If the FT problem continues, try (2) as follows.
(2) Try relevant Apple troubleshooting:  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
(Apple has changed the built-in camera's name on newer Macs from "iSight" to "FaceTime" and then to "FaceTime HD."  Regardless of the name of your Mac's built-in camera, the same info and troubleshooting applies.)
•  Be sure to test more than one Apple app in more than one user account.
•  If those suggestions do not help you, (the "reset" suggested there
   often restores normal function,) continue with the following.
• Restart Mac and then use your Mac's Disk Utility to repair permissions.
   Now download and apply the latest Combo Update for your Mac OS 10.6:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
• Repair permissions again immediately following the system restart
   that completes the Combo update.
Properly applying the Combo version of updates can sometimes cure software problems.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac OSX 10.8.2

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