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Bad video card drivers!
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Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 1/22/13 7:44 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.7
Operating System: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java Version: 1.7.0_11, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot™ Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 423742992 bytes (404 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
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
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: Default
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]


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:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232)
at asq.a(SourceFile:56)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 63a6c891 ----------


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Graphics
Monitor
Name HF237 on Intel HD Graphics
Current Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
Work Resolution 1920x1050 pixels
State enabled, primary, output devices support
Monitor Width 1920
Monitor Height 1080
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
Intel® HD Graphics
Memory 1024 MB
Driver version 6.14.10.5404
OpenGL
Version 3.1.0 - Build 6.14.10.5404
Vendor Intel
Renderer Intel HD Graphics
GLU Version 1.2.2.0 Microsoft Corporation
Values
GL_MAX_LIGHTS 8
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE 8192
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_STACK_DEPTH 10
GL Extensions
GL_EXT_blend_minmax
GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_blend_color
GL_EXT_abgr
GL_EXT_texture3D
GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
GL_SGIS_texture_lod
GL_EXT_rescale_normal
GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
GL_ARB_multitexture
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_bgra
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
GL_EXT_secondary_color
GL_EXT_fog_coord
GL_EXT_texture_env_add
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
GL_ARB_texture_env_add
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_NV_blend_square
GL_ARB_texture_compression
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
GL_ARB_point_parameters
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
GL_ARB_shadow
GL_ARB_window_pos
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
GL_ARB_vertex_program
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle
GL_ARB_fragment_program
GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
GL_ATI_separate_stencil
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_ARB_occlusion_query
GL_ARB_fragment_shader
GL_ARB_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shading_language_100
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
GL_ARB_vertex_shader
GL_NV_texgen_reflection
GL_ARB_point_sprite
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
GL_ARB_depth_texture
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
GL_ARB_draw_buffers
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
GL_ARB_texture_float
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
GL_ARB_draw_instanced
GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
GL_WIN_swap_hint
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
GL_ARB_multisample
GL_EXT_packed_float
GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
GL_ARB_texture_rg
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
GL_NV_conditional_render
GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
GL_ARB_sync
GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
GL_EXT_transform_feedback
GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
GL_EXT_texture_array
GL_EXT_texture_integer
GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
GL_EXT_texture_snorm
GL_INTEL_performance_queries
GL_ARB_copy_buffer
GL_ARB_sampler_objects
GL_NV_primitive_restart
GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
GL_ARB_depth_clamp
GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend
GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location
GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32
GL_ARB_compatibility
GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
GL_ARB_timer_query
GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
GL_EXT_bgra

All drivers are up to date

Try the following and see if it helps. Right click your desktop and click 'properties' at the bottom of the menu. Select the 'settings' tab and then click on 'advanced' in the lower right. Select the 'Troubleshoot' tab, then slide the 'hardware acceleration' slider down to about half, click 'apply', then try to launch minecraft again.

You've got a very minimal system and the old GPU plus minimal ram spells trouble when trying to run minecraft.

You might also create a .bat script to launch the game with reduced maximum RAM than default. Try something around 500-750MB's