I'm wondering if there is a better technology than Access. I know the answer is yes, but I'm meaning in situation.

Where I work I have to use what is given to me or use something that doesn't need to be installed.

Access is a given. Been doing some research as well as reading on here. Access is just plain slow and would like something faster. My program shouldn't used by more than 1 at a time, so I don't need anything heavy duty.

I read about SQL Server CE and that it doesn't need to be installed, but it needs DLL files. I would rather not have to put them on the server. I would only like my exe and the database file (if any) to be in the directory on the server. Basically would it be possible to put the DLL files into my exe and use it from there or there any other technology that I can use that is better than Access?