Update causes ichat to launch on startup

After installing the most recent update iChat launches when I restart my Mac Pro. I can not find where the preference is to keep it from launching. I checked the Startup folder. Any ideas?
Mac Pro 3.0ghz 4gb ram 3.5tb 30" and 23" cinemas Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi Scott,
That is an odd way to cure the problem.
Preferences (.plists) can be deleted on their own and application restarted to return those preferences to the defaults.
The Application can be reinstalled separately as well and then updated by the Combo install first then the iChat Update, both these can be found in the Downloads tab at the top of this page.
This does sound odd as you have Reinstalled the whole OS but it is repeating the problem.
10:34 PM Wednesday; January 10, 2007

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