.mac sync problem: account information issues

I have 3 machines, all running 10.4.11. 2 of them synced (before the .me migration), one, an ibook G4 has never synced
In Ical preferences, the synchronize calendar box is grayed and there is the following message: Your .mac account information is not correct or you did not turn on synchronization in the .mac Preference Pane
When I go to .mac in system preferences, under the Sync tab, I am unable to check off any of the programs that can be synced. If I try to check off the synchronize with .mac box, the check appears then immediately disappears. Going to advanced, pressing the Register this Computer button. causes nothing to happen.
I have no problems accessing my account or idisc.
I have reset my sync data,
reset my .mac password
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,

Carolyn,
You set me on the right path. com.apple.syncservices.ConflictResolver.plist could not be found.So, I started deleting preference files and rebooting.
First
com.apple.DotMacSync.plist
Then
com.apple.isync.plist
Then
com.apple.dotmaccertificatefix.plist
In all of the above cases I received the following error message when I went to system preferences / .mac / sync tab
"There was a problem with the sync
.Mac login failed"
Then
com.apple.dotmactranslator.plist
at system preferences / .mac / sync tab
Dot mac then told me that there were two of my computers using the same name. This might have been left over from the migration assistant
I changed the name of the computer that was giving me an error instead of syncing and that solved the problem.
Thank you all.

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