ICal Read Only

I've spent quite some time looking through the discussions but can't find what i need.
I am a new Mac user. I just purchased the Tiger version & have only had it for 2 days. After setting up the essentials, I went to try iCal today but discovered that it is a read only file. (I've looked at Ownership & Permission in iCal Info).
I didn't subscribe to any sort of calendar (which seems to be a suggestion that arises repeatedly). This came with my machine & i really don't see much point in having it on there at all if i can't use it!!
Any suggestions? There's bound to be some way to fix this . . . and i sure would like to know how.
P.S.: Other than this "little" glitch, I love my iMac & am glad I switched!

Have you tried to create a new calendar? If so, are you able to read and write to new new one?
You mentioned that you checked the permissions for the calendar file. How did you do this, and what did you see?
The reason I ask is that you mentioned that you are a new Mac user, and permissions are handled a little differently than in Windows. The calendar files are located in the iCal folder inside Application Support in your user library. (home folder > Library > Application Support > iCal). The folder names inside the iCal directory won't make much sense, but if you only have one calendar, it should be pretty easy to find.
Make sure that the calendar's folder and all of the files inside of that folder are read & write for your user account.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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No, at the time I am writing this the topic is not answered. Simply applying the 10.5.6 combo update did not work for me when I had this problem.
This did NOT work either - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1906?viewlocale=en_US.
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4) do what he says with the text editor, but you can use TextEdit, and look for either the SEQUENCE:-1 or the PRIORITY:-1. Set either one to just 1 (remove the negative sign); I had some value related to a MICROSOFT this or that, and I did not change it at all.
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