You will need the Access RunTime
A2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA011208861033.aspxIf you are planning on doing a lot of runtime installs ... you may want to look at these products ... to be used together:
http://www.wise.com/Products.aspx ' Wise, sadly is now owned by Symantec.
http://www.sagekey.com/ The sage key scripts pretty much help you avoid all the issue you have identified. I have two clients the I do some work for ... and both have commercial Access products that they see ... runtime of course. Both have been using the above pair for several years ... with minimal issues. Something consider.
Free Installers:
http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/setup.shtmlmx