Problems with iChat after Leopard installed

When I tried to log in to iChat for the first time a box comes up saying it "unexpectedly closed" and asks me to Relaunch or Report. It has done this numerous times and never did this when I had Tiger.
Please help!

Okay, at long last I have the solution that worked for me.
I first called Apple support, which enabled me to chat with my father (both using MBP's on Leopard) as long as we were on the same network. However, when I returned home and we were on separate networks, it was a NO GO.....totally frustrating.
Today, as I read an article on Macworld about using the Firewall in Leopard, I realized that I had it set incorrectly. So, I set it to “Set access for specific services and applications” in the firewall section, then got my Dad to do the same and........wait for it......BOOM! We were FINALLY good to go. I just converted my Dad to Mac so this was a real thorn in our sides not to be able to use iChat. I'm miffed tht I couldn't get a complete answer from Apple, but ultimately I'm just glad it's up and working.
Hope this works for you all! Here's the article at Macworld I mentioned. It really helped me to understand Leopards firewall a bit more.: http://www.macworld.com/article/131116/2007/12/firewall.html

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