ISight to AIM on PC

OK . . i know that this topic has been brought up before and trust me, I've read through all of them and tried everything, but still can't get it to work. If i initiate or my sister initiates the video conference, I get this message
"Failed to Start Video Chat because: (Me) did not respond."
Odd message since i DID press Accept or i'm the one that initiated the video conference.
I know my iSight is working because I just had a video conference with my Mom (mac to mac) a couple of hours ago.
Can someone please help? My mom hasn't actually seen my sister since Xmas and the biggest reason I got my mom the new iMac is so that she can see my sister who's going to school far away.
Thanks ahead of time!

... I've read through all of them and tried everything...Including this one: Help for iChat AV 3 Problems ?
Have you tried applying the Mac OS X Update 10.4.5 Combo using a method like How I Update My Mac OS X ?

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This FAQ first.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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