Every tool crashes under windows xp

[Passavopercaso]

Hello
i have a thin client pc with xp home sp3 (via c3 cpu 1gb ram) and i was trying to use imagemagick to add a simple caption to a single image, but it seems that, no matter which tool i try to call, i get a crash with application error and code 1000, without further detail.
I installed c++ 2013 and tried both 7.0 and 6.9, portable and installed, with no improvements, the same thing happens on a different pc with the same setup, while everything works fine on a virtualized xp pro sp3.
Can somebody help me with my, admittedly archaic, device?

Thanks

[snibgo]

Last year I installed an binary IM on an archaic edition of Windows, I forget which one. It worked fine.

What version of IM did you install? A pre-built binary, or did you build it yourself? I suppose your Windows is for a 32-bit CPU, so did you check your IM was also for 32-bit "x86"?

[Passavopercaso]

I used a pre-built, both 6.9 and 7, each portable and installed (i don't have a visual studio environment installed and i'd really rather avoid all the setup )
The cpu is x86, i checked and the software is x86 as well