ARD not saving my serial number

I'm just starting out with ARD and am having an issue with it not remembering my serial number. Once I've entered it, things seem to work fine, but it's real annoying having to fill in the welcome box every time I start up the app.
Any idea why it's not remembering my information?

After further testing I've found that it installs correctly on my personal laptop which haas a nearly identical hardware/software setup. Both are 10.5.7, almost all of the software is the same, the personal machine is an early 2008 MBP 15, the work machine is a brand new MBP 15 unibody.
Additionally, it turns out I can't run reports on the work machine either. When I try it stays in waiting mode forever until I kill the report.

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