Ichat is the worst girlfriend I've ever had

One day a few weeks ago my Ichat just stopped working. For a little bit I cheated on it with AIM, but I decided tonight I was meant to be with her and will not rest until we're back together.
Ok, now I've deleted ichat from my computer and did a reinstall using Pacifist (which I read on a previous post which it worked for the user) and installed fine. Now once I tried to launch the program it bounced and opened up, but then nothing happened. No, sign in screen, nothing...I was heartbroken. So, then I did the ichat v2.1 update which was successful. Again, no response when opening other than it making me think it was going to open.
Can anyone please help me with my relationship. I promise I will be good to her I just want to see her work again.
Thanks,

I read and tried all the tips in the referenced thread.
When I entered the specifief text in Terminal this is what came up:
dyld: /Applications/iChat.app/Contents/MacOS/iChat can't open library: /System/Library/Frameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Trace/BPT trap
This led me to believe it was missing the framework which would have to be reintalled. I linked to those directions which were the same directions I followed for reinstalling using Pacifist.
I also rebooted my wireless router and rebooted the computer....nothing.
frustrated to say the least.

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    X1 Carbon Facts:
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    Have a good day.

    AriinPHD wrote:
    In short: This machine requires a docking..."box" if any of the following:
    You need USB ports
    You wish to connect it to an external monitor (or several)
    You wish to connect it to a projector
    You wish to connect it to an Ethernet connection (10/100 dongle exists)
    You are a technician and/or engineer
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    Lenovo Premium Business Partner
    X1 Carbon Touch | i7-3667U | 8Gb | 256Gb | HD 4000 | 14HD+ | WWAN | W8.1 Pro RTM x64 |

  • The worst service I have ever had with apple.

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    DELL   Windows XP  
    DELL   Windows XP  

    "Apple said we choose what option you get but no where does it say on they're warranty they choose".
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    I think that I perfectly understood what you wrote.
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    Save and Save As…
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    in  Preview, TextEdit and iWork components ?
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    (2) Save a Version, Save As… and Duplicate.
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    Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 24 août 2011 19:44:35
    iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.0
    My iDisk is : <http://public.me.com/koenigyvan>
    Please : Search for questions similar to your own before submitting them to the community
    To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

  • Not rally a question, just wanted to share my absolute frustration with the update of iTunes...this is, without a shadow of a doubt THE WORST application i have EVER used, Mac or PC! And that's saying something with the amount of PC dross that's out there

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  • Lightroom 3 - The worst program Adobe has ever put out...

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    Keith_Reeder wrote:
    ambienttroutmask wrote:
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