Messages application hanging on Mountain Lion

i have tried rebooting multiple times and also killing the process for messages, but everytime i startup the "messages" application, it goes into a not "Not Responding" state.
Please advise how to resolve this issue.

Open Finder, press Option key, select Go > Library, open Preferences and delete com.apple.imessage.plist and com.apple.imservice.iMessage.plist

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Installed Microsoft Office
Moved user data back
Transferred old email mailboxes (Tuesday afternoon)
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When typing in an email address to send an email, it didn't autofill. Mail crashed.
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*Didn't import the addresses
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Slower to connect to network files
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(1) Simply perform an upgrade install. This is in fact Apple's recommended approach. I am not sure why you have not yet tried that. I have done this myself successfully.
(2) Make a backup of the working 10.6.8 system; better yet is to make two complete backups, one being a "clone," the other being a Time Machine backup. Use of two different methods gives you options should something go wrong. Then erase the original disk and install Mountain Lion, and on the first boot up run Setup Assistant (which is better than Migration Assistant) and transfer over EVERYTHING, including user accounts, settings, applications. I have also used this approach, also successfully.
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