IChat won't log in after OS 10.4.4 update

After doing the OS X 10.4.4 update, I find that iChat no longer logs in. It starts up, Bonjour logs in, but "Log into AIM" is grayed out.
I repaired permissions before and after installing the 10.4.4 update via Software Update and ran MacJanitor, but iChat no longer logs in. So I downloaded the Combo Update and reinstalled, again repairing permissions before and after - still iChat will not log in.
Now what?

One other possibility is that other hands may have access to your Mac. Is it possible that someone else uses another account(s) on your Mac?
EZ Jim, that's a great question - are you a detective?
Usually I am the only one using my machine (my wife uses her iMac), but my daughter is home right now. I never considered that she may have changed anything on my machine, but when I just now asked her she made an apologetic face and said, "Yes, I may have changed something in iChat, because I used your machine to contact my friends..."
So, the mystery is now solved - how it got changed, and what got changed.
The simplest things one overlooks....
Thanks for your help.

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