IChat won't open the chat room window

So i can connect to chat rooms, recieve Ims from people inside the chat room but can't see the chat room at all..... How do i get the window to show up so i can view the chat?

For anyone who happens to read this......I finally gave up and waiting on line for a live
Tech. He had me reset my system and pRam. Then it worked. Wish the instructions
within the Apple site were more detailed and helpful.
As you can tell I'm very frustrated with this new system. It doesn't seem to be as
user friendly as I thought.

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