This is such a dangerous operation that I don't know of anyone who has done such a thing.
If, for example, you attempted to open a DB using a text editor, you would find that the format is all wrong for text. You would see things that had been deleted using Access, but Notepad would have no clue as to what had been deleted.
Things are not stored neatly, either. A table might be contiguous or checker-boarded all over the file depending on how recently the .MDB had been compacted vs. how recently the table had been updated or appended.
In short, I don't know anyone with guts enough to do that kind of mucking inside a Bill Gates product, since we all KNOW there will be a ton of hidden entry points, hooks, and other "gotcha" features to trap all bit-twiddler wannabees.
If such a product DID exist, I would have to say don't do it.
Have you looked into using a Citrix WinFrame or equivalent, that gives your local workstation Windows-local access to the server in question? You could run Access through WinFrame as though you were local even though you are remote.
