ARD Timed Tasks Issue

After upgrading my ARD Admin software from 3.1 to 3.2, I noticed that none of the timed tasks I had scheduled to run were running at all. Upon checking each task, I noticed that the checkboxes next to "schedule for" in ALL of the tasks was unchecked. I rechecked them and reset the time for the tasks to run and quit ARD. Upon restarting ARD, I noticed that, once again, the checkboxes next to "schedule for" in all of the tasks was unchecked.
BTW, in the ARD main window, a clock icon will still show next to the task in the sidebar if the "Repeating every" checkbox is checked. This makes you think the timer still works, but upon opening the task's schedule, you will see the checkbox next to "Schedule for" is unchecked and the command will not execute.
I created a new task from scratch, scheduled it, and the result was the same - upon restart of ARD, the checkbox next to "schedule for" was unchecked.
I then created a new task, scheduled it and looked at com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist in Property List Editor. I saw that the time was there. I then restarted ARD and looked at com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist and saw that the time was now gone. The line that is being removed is:
startDate string Oct 21, 2007 1:22:00 PM
I then created a new task, scheduled it and quit ARD without reopening it. When I looked at com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist, the time was still there. I then opened ARD and looked at com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist and the time was gone.
So, to recap When ARD starts up, it removes the startDate line from ALL timed tasks.
It does not matter what date or time I set it for.
Ownership and Read/Write preferences on com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist are correct.
I have tried removing the com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist and starting from scratch, but no change.
I Tried removeing all ARD components (per kbase article 108021) and reinstalling ARD Admin 3.0 from scratch. No problems after installing 3.0, but the problem reappeared after installing 3.2 update.
I've reproduced this on 4 machines: A Mac Pro, A MacBook, A G4 tower and an iBook G4. I run a lot of timed tasks, so I am not particularly happy.

We're having the exact same problem with remote desktop in our labs. We have several mac labs that are scheduled to restart every evening, however after upgrading ARD to 3.2 it always forgets the scheduled time.
I've trashed all the prefs, re-added all the computers, etc. and nothing fixes the problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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