i think you got me wrong. it is only redistributables that i have installed and that i was refering to.
installing vs2013 red. was a test, to see, if it solves the starting issue. i was not aware of the fact, the 32bit version should not be installed on less than win7 sp1. even more i am curious to see this installation pass on an unsupported system without any warnings, that’s all.
i will uninstall all vs redis. to see if it makes a difference and report back then.