ICal freezes and I must force quit

Can not get iCal to work at all. It will launch and then will immediatly freeze and I have to force quit. It's been a few days like this so I've restarted numerous times, checked my activity monitor, confirmed that I have Helvetica installed, turned off anything associated with iCal, tried to download and re-install but wasn't allowed. I tried to find it on the install disc but couldn't find it listed amongst the bundled software. I checked for updates and there aren't any.
HELP. anyone have other suggestions?

Hi. This happened to me too when I first got my Macbook, and I also couldn't find my install disc. Do you get that taunting little spinning wheel immediately when you open it? I was still under my original warranty at the time, and this is what Apple had me do (some of which you have already done, so I won't list it):
-Do you have other users on your computer, and does iCal work for them?
-Try deleting the preferences file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist. Quit iCal first, and note that you will have to re-enter your settings. You can probably drag them to your desktop also and restart.
-Call Apple and get a new install disc (they sent me mine for free). You can do an archive install of just iCal, I believe, and they can walk you through it.
Good luck!

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