Here is the MS download link for the ACE 14 files:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C06B8369-60DD-4B64-A44B-84B371EDE16D&displaylang=en

I don't believe it is beta, I believe this is the release redist version.

And I would start a new thread for the access discussion.

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