New Mac, ARD won't run

We've recently installed new(er) Macs - dual 2GHz G5s - in our MIDI lab. We'd been using G4s before, and have used ARD 2.2 successfully for several years.
After transferring everything from the old to new machines, I went to fire up ARD. I was asked for the serial number, which I supplied. Following that, it appeared to re-install the software, then quit. Everytime I try to start ARD, it goes through the same routine: re-install software, quit. I haven't been able to actually open the application.
All suggestions welcome!
Ken Parsons
School of Music
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN

I just noticed your profile. Is the G5 running Mac OS X 10.5 as your profile suggest? If so, that's the problem. ARD 2.2 is not supported on Leopard. At least one user (raus), though, posted here that he got ARD 2.2 to work in Leopard. It's the same work-around Apple provided for ARD 2.2 to work on Intel Macs using Tiger. From the finder, navigate to:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteMangement
From the folder, delete (or move) the ARDAgent v3.X file. Reinstall the 2.2 update for ARD on the Apple site. (This may be optional; the original poster just reinstalled the update to be safe.) You can reportedly now run Remote Desktop 2.2 in 10.5. This works for PowerPC and Intel Mac.
Note, though, that this is completely unsupported by Apple and may or may not work, or may cause issues. For proper support for Leopard, you need ARD 3.2.
Good luck.

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