IChat Black screen on Windows XP with AIM 5.9

Question

I am trying to chat with a mac to windows xp with AIM 5.9. I have iChat 3.1.9 (v446) on Tiger 10.4.11. I have turned off my firewall on my computer, running DMZ to my NAT IP and have opened all the necessary ports to my windows user in KY. When I initiate the chat, he can accept and I get the sound like he is going to pop up in my window but nothing happens. He says he gets a black sceen but says he is connected. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Apple do have various Info articles.
First, they do list the Ports
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1507?viewlocale=en_US (Panther and Tiger) Old Article: 93208
They have one for Leopard http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306688 (that forgets to mention the Bonjour and Jabber Ports)
Tiger/iChat 3 Specs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1771?viewlocale=en_US
Even iChat 2 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93245
Leopard/iChat 4 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2020?viewlocale=en_US
There is one on What is NAT http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58514
There is a starting point for many other articles http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/ Including iChat 101
Some articles are based on things discovered in these Forums
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301641 (Insufficient Bandwidth)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300501 (Helvetica Font turned Off)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93216 (Camera In Use...)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301668 (iChatAgent not Responding ...)
A search Using "More" on the iChat Support page lists 150 articles related to iChat/
But as you imply none of them are about Chatting to AIM users on a PC.
9:07 PM Monday; June 30, 2008