Problem installing a PKG file

I have a question and I'm not sure if the problem is imac related or Lion related, so I'm posting in both boards. 
Quick background, I purchased the Sonnet Express Card/34 Thunderbolt Adapter and Tempo SATA Edge ExpressCard/34 to connect my Drobo S to my iMac at home. I was unable to download the driver from the included disc - nor was I allowed to download it from Sonnet's website.
When I click the installer .pkg file from my home computer, it's greyed out and gives an error message about a BOM being moved.
When I click the exact same file from my work computer, it launches just fine.
My specs are:
Home computer: imac i7, 3.4GHz, 16GB Ram, OSX 10.7.3
Work Computer: 2x2.4 Quad Core Intel Xeon, 6GB RAM, OSX 10.6.8
So, I'm obviously assuming it's a computer issue. But, I've never had any other issues installing at home. I'm attaching images of the differences for reference.
The correct install pkg icon is work computer - the white doc icon is at home.
Would there be a problem with the installer?  If I downloaded the driver (.kext) file on my work computer, and put it on a thumb drive and took it home, and added it to my systems> extensions folder at home, would it work - or are there more things installed elsewhere that would make it not work?
Error message:
At home:
At work:

I think that any file with a .pkg extension should normally show the "yellow box" icon, regardless of the file's contents. A non-custom icon comes from the application that a file is set to open with, which here should normally be Installer.app.
I would check to see if your system displays other .pkg files normally as the "yellow box."  If you don't have a different .pkg file handy, you could download a small support .dmg from Apple and mount  it, just to look at the icon on the contained .pkg (don't actually run it!)
Here's such a tiny download
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1505
If you don't see the yellow box icon, Get Info on the .pkg and make sure it is set to open with Installer.app.
If that looks OK, I would Get Info on the Sonnet .pkg file that you have at home, and make sure that "Name and Extension" shows the complete filename you expect, with .pkg as the true extension, and also that "Open with" is set to  Installer.app

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