Ichat buddy list will not open.

I have a brand new macbook and have used ichat successfully. Today my buddy list will not load when i open the application. to the best of my knowledge, my buddylist is not set to hide or anything. I restarted my computer, and turned it off, but the problem continues.
So the application appears to be open on my top menu bar... but not buddy list? help?

You need this FAQ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1486891
For this you needs at least your Install Disk and a download of the Combo Version of the last OS Level Update you did.
You may need Pacifist but the FAQ has a Link.
8:27 PM Monday; July 7, 2008

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