IChat opens empty windows upon startup

I just installed Snow Leopard, and now every time I open up iChat, up pop blank chat windows from the last time I used iChat. For example, let's say I were chatting with "johnappleseed." If I quit out of iChat and then reopen it, not only does my buddy list status bar thing pop up, but so does a blank chatwindow with "johnappleseed." How can I fix this?

Hi,
A Note on this:-
Closing/Quitting ichat with an Open chat whilst Save Transcripts is ticked but the "In new Chat..." is not will produce an reaction similar to iChat 4's Remember Open Chat Across Launch.
If the Chat is Quit first and the settings are as Defcom's Pic you get a blank chat with the details at the header part of the last chatee.
Having them both set will open the last chat (if Last Chat is chosen) to the Buddy you then select to Chat with - including any Group chat/Chatroom that person was in if that was the last chat with them.
I think it needs work to clarify the different actions.
It could do with an alert of message to say there was no Last Chat if the Buddy was added on a different computer/or method.
10:01 PM Monday; September 7, 2009
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