hi thanks, my issue is I attempt to connect to an instance of Integration Services on a remote server, and the server responds with an "Access is denied" error message. I followed the instructions in my first link i provided (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337083.aspx"> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337083.aspx which it explains the error i am having, it says to ensure the user has the required DCOM permissions. I did but i keep having the "access is denied error" . But when i added myself in the computer's admistrator's group then the problem went away. But i don't want to be an admistrator. Do you know what else i can try to solve this error?