Thanks for the info.  Is there something I need to do to turn on the logging of these dcom messages?  I see no errors at all in the event viewer...

I remember reading somewhere that in order to run dtsx packages outside the BIDS, you would need to install SSIS.  I don't know for sure if that is true, but...

If you're running it through the development studio, then no.  If you want to execute it otherwise, I believe you do.  I have been having problems with this myself.  Running...