ok, thanks, I've made a "user" copy.
I was able to have multiple access on another windows machine, and don't recall installing SQL server. Does MSDE come with the system?
Last I checked MSDE was standard with Office 2000 Professional and above. But be very careful of the licensing requirements, as they are arcane and bizarre. Frankly, if it were me I'd use MySQL over ODBC, but that's just me.