Hi,
Exactly what have you tried ?
Checked your Serial Number is present ?
If like me you have a limited number of emails to link to Apple IDs but have created some for iChat testing and later removed the confirmation email you may find you can't use an @mac.com or @me.com name that is longer linked to an External email Address.

10:41 PM Tuesday; January 8, 2013
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously