Trouble Opening iChat

I have been dealing with a few problems lately concerning iChat, Mail and Safari.
When I click the icon of one of these applications, they will not start-up. It takes me about 3 tries to get these applications up and running.
I have read two posts on the topic of iChat, but I don't want to re-install iChat, Safari, or Mail unless necessary.
Also, my knowledge concerning scripts is highly limited; therefore, if you can provide assistance, please provide detailed instructions.
Thanks.
Nathan A.

Ralph,
I had already reinstalled OS X (erased the HD and started over completely) when I returned to this Post.
Unfortunately, the reinstall did not fix the problem with iChat. It would only start up after the 4th try.
I did paste the script in Terminal and it forced iChat to open properly. The resulting lines in Terminal are listed here:
181500.012551
VideoConferenceFramework version 188.0 - 07232004.1 - Aug 25 2004
181500.013895 Checking H263 hardware rules
181500.016686 Satisfied rule #5 (30:0)
181500.078003 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_INIT, from: VC_INVALID
181500.080207 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_IDLE, from: VC_INIT
181500.081566 UPnP init passed
181500.082870 NATTraversal created
181500.086256 Bandwidth based on QT prefs = 1500
181500.087358 Found 0 cameras:
181500.088081 Found 0 cameras:
181500.088673 selectCamera: returned 0
181500.091975 Microphone devices:
181500.093183 Internal microphone
181500.094073 Selected mic: Built-in Audio / imic
181500.097925 Microphone devices:
181500.099049 Internal microphone
181500.099822 Selected mic: Built-in Audio / imic
This is all that Terminal listed after I pasted your script.
I have not installed anything other than the start-up disks and the 11 updates - perhaps i need to go back to Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
Nathan

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