Messages crashes when I attempt to sign in to iMessage

When I open the Messages app, I am greeted by a window that prompts me to sign into my iMessage account.  When I type in my password and click Sign In, nothing happens the first time, then the second or third time I click sign in, the app crashes.
Here's what I've tried--all these resulted in the same result as the one described above:
1. created a new user account
2. tried a different apple account
3. copied the contents of the application off another machine, on which Messages is working, and used those to replace the contents of the Messages app on this machine.
4. repeated step 3 for /System/Library/Messages and /Library/Messages
Any help that could revive this app without breaking out the system recovery discs would be appreciated.

OK, I tried replacing the contents of /Applications/Messages/Contents with the contents of the known working copy after a restart and it solved all my problems.

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