My iChat is "dead." What happened?

I am running a Power Mac G5 with Leopard. I cannot log onto iChat (my AIM account). I get no logon prompt at all and nearly every option in every pulldown menu is grayed out, including "preferences" and "logon." What happened??????

If the Login is not working restrict that to com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist and restart iChat.
If iChat does not launch at all delete com.apple.ichat.plist and restart.
This one also loses Bubble colour, font choices, Alert Sound settings, Menu bar icon setting, Save Transcripts settings, and Saved Status Messages amoungst the most visible effects. It should be used as a last resort.
com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist will help sort jabber logins
com.apple.ichat.Subnet.plist holds your Blocked List and Sort Order.
com.apple.ichatAgent.plist holds the iTunes info display order and a list of all your accounts. It rarely needs deleting
9:35 PM Sunday; December 16, 2007

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