Mixing Instant Client and Oracle Versions

I have a customer with an Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 database running on Windows XP x64. I'm building a new development machine, and trying to install the matching Instant Client SDK. All I see are versions 10.2.0.3.0 and 10.2.0.2.0 for Oracle 10g2.
I assume the 11g versions are likely to cause some problems. Will it be a problem to install a slightly newer version, or will I have to patch Oracle for the customer? Since there's no actual DBA, I get stuck with all the DBA work, even though I'm a developer, and I try to avoid unnecessary DBA work.

If you have access to download the files from the customer's installed oracle, you can get whatever you need for the SDK there. It will match the exact version number, and be a lot smaller. If you need to run the program on a machine without the installed client or server software, you can use something like a dependency walker to find what DLL's you're missing, if any. Hopefully it won't be too much.
Edited by: jbo5112 on Nov 24, 2009 5:24 PM -- Since no one else is helping, I have to figure these things out on my own

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