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Can't play Minecraft on Windows 8

JGelb
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I have recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8, and before I upgraded to Windows 8, I had no issues at all, but whenever I try to boot up Minecraft, I get this message:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----

 

// I feel sad now

Time: 7/25/13 4:06 PM

 

Description: Initializing game

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:244)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)

 

at ats.O(SourceFile:297)

 

at ats.d(SourceFile:599)

 

at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:101)

 

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:

 

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-- Head --

 

Stacktrace:

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:244)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757)

 

at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:739)

 

at ats.O(SourceFile:297)

-- Initialization --

 

Details:

 

Stacktrace:

 

at ats.d(SourceFile:599)

 

at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:101)

-- System Details --

 

Details:

 

Minecraft Version: 1.6.2

 

Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2

 

Java Version: 1.7.0_25, Oracle Corporation

 

Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Oracle Corporation

 

Memory: 6550064 bytes (6 MB) / 26808320 bytes (25 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB)

 

JVM Flags: 1 total; -Xmx512M

 

AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used

 

Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.

 

IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0

 

Launched Version: 1.6.2

 

LWJGL: 2.9.0

 

OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.

 

Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.

 

Type: Client (map_client.txt)

 

Resource Pack: Default

 

Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

 

Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)

 

Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null

Please help!

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Mobile Intel (R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1)

HP 2000 Notebook PC

Windows 8

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KMaat
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Hello,

I had the same error in my old computer when i installed windows 8 pro when i had windows 7.

What you need to do is update your graphic drivers, and if that's not enough, you need to install Open GL for your graphic card.

Hope it helps

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DArce
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What Kevin_Maatman daid is correct, however, keep in mind that the drivers for that video controller are only provided by the operating system itself, so any driver updated would only be available through Windows* updates.

At Intel's downloadcenter, there will be just drivers for Microsoft* Windows* 7 and this video controller.

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