Apple Remote Desktop Requiring Serial Number Each Time....

Apple Remote Desktop Admin has suddenly started asking for the serial number every time it is launched. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling - same thing. Last time this happened it required a full reimage of my Mac to get it to work again. This is getting a bit ridiculous. I am running ARA 3.2.2 and Mac OS X 10.5.6. FYI my uninstall was by the book as per Apple's documentation:
rm -rf /var/db/RemoteManagement
rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist
rm -r /Library/Application Support/Apple/Remote Desktop/
rm -r ~/Library/Application Support/Remote Desktop/
rm -rf /Applications/Remote\ Desktop.app
Has anyone else had such a problem with the current version of ARD?
Thanks.
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