Facetime Server Encountered Error

Hello,
Just upgraded my SL to Lion and I am experiencing 2 problems.
1. FaceTime: "Server Encountered An Error Processing Registration. Please Try Again Later."
2. Screensaver Starts in the middle of the work. Tried deleting SystemPreferences.
The Problem #2 started to happen after I upgraded to 10.6.8. I have even discussed this earlier in this forum but that doesn't resolved this issue. I thought maybe an upgrade to Lion will fix this problem but it doesn't.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15608860#15608860
Above link is for the Problem #2 started with my SL after upgrade to 10.6.8.
Is there a fix?
Please help.

Sure you are right... I see mesg from people running Lion GM and had the same problem too.
Tried those Certificate things in Keychain Access but still no luck.
I expected Apple will excuse themselves like that kinda answer.

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HT204408 FaceTime: "The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later."

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I have tried checking the web for possible solutions but none seem to fix the problem. My date and time are already set automatically. I also checked the hosts file under /private/etc/hosts and it looks like this which seems to be OK.
# Host Database
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127.0.0.1                   localhost
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While this may be a work around for you, it is most certainly NOT the case that you need a seperate, unique Apple ID for every Apple device you own. There is clearly a bug in FaceTime that is causing problems for users, but creating multiple Apple accounts will only lead to complications later — especially if you use different accounts to purchase apps or other content from iTunes.
I suggest you take the offending device(s) to your AppleStore and get someone to help you out. This is (usually) a free service offered by Apple.
Meanwhile, Apple might lend a hand by focusing on ironing out the bugs from their network services. Network / web services have always been an Achillies heel for Apple, which has consistently had problems with its web / cloud-based services. At hardware solutions Apple is pure genius, but at web and cloud services it truly *****! Lets hope they eventually wake up to the fact that this is detrimental to users' experience of their lovely hardware.

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