>For Access 2000, there was an additional Microsoft product available, that created run time EXE's, that allowed running on machines without Access installed. Can anyone tell me what this product was called?

Bob,

I think you're looking for VBA Package and Deployment wizard http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnacc2k/html/accessrt.asp which is a part of Microsoft Office 2000 Developer http://www.microsoft.com/mind/0799/office2k/office2k.asp.