ARD repeatedly tries to install and never opens

Question

I'm attempting to install ARD Admin 2.2 on my PM G4 MDD running 10.4.2 and every time I open the application, it asks me for my administrator password, goes through an installation process and then quits out with no error message or anything. The first time I did this it asked me for my serial number and an ARD password, but each time after it skips those steps, goes through the installation and then quits.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times following the ARD removal instructions at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108021 I read a discussion with the same problem that had been posted earlier, but their error was attributed to version incompatibility: Christopher Llamas, "ARD Shuts Down on opening", 06:44pm Jul 13, 2005
Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is very frustrating.

Answer 1

I've installed the update posted above in addition to the 2.2 client update and the 2.2 admin update. None of these 3 made any difference. I've run permissions fixes and uninstalled manually following the directions and also ran the uninstaller from Apple's site. Still no luck. I called Apple and the only thing the tech could do is find this thread here in the discussion group and tell me that other people have had this problem and uninstalling hasn't helped. After that he said I should just do an archive and install of the system. I haven't done that yet, as I know there has to be some conflict in in my system that can be fixed in a more elegant way that maybe someone else has also identified.
To repeat, my problem is identical to the original poster's. I purchased ARD 2.2 unlimited client on CD and am installing it on an Al Powerbook that has ARD 1.2 on it. The install is successful and when I try to launch the app, it asks for administrator authentication and then asks for the serial number. I enter it and then it goes on to say it needs to install software. At that point, it re-installs ARD client 2.2 and quits. Starting up again starts w/ the administrator authentication, skips the serial # step, but goes to installing necessary software components - installs ARD Client again and it goes through the whole thing and says writing package receipt and closes. I thought maybe it had something to do w/ it not registering that it's not actually installed w/ the package receipt. That's when i ran the permissions fix and the other updates to no avail.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve