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I'm pretty sure this has been seen millions of times and I have done the only known solution I can find.
I have had Minecraft since 2011 and I haven't had this issue until recently I upgraded to Windows 8 for fun, and it doesn't work. It has something to do with OpenGL and my video card drivers, the error is:

	  Bad video card drivers!	 
	  -----------------------	 
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 4/26/13 6:49 PM
-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.5.1
Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_17, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 410026368 bytes (391 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:235)
at avv.a(SourceFile:56)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:507)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT e98a322e ----------

I have already tried to upgrade my video drivers, they're already updated according to Windows. Any help is appreciated, don't play much but it's bugging me now

Here it is! (I like GitHub and I haven't used gist yet to here's my test :P)
https://gist.github.com/NardCake/9de1b34b9d41faf764af

Thank you for the help sir but it still says it's already up to date for some reason, should I manually run Setup.exe?

Okay thank you for linking that Java page, could never find the 64Bit Java download, thanks again.
And running that EXE I get (in a message box): "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software."
Thanks for all of your help so far.

Quote from cestislife

That would mean you have to install via the .zip installation to force the win7 drivers. Be sure to

• Right-click the Intel® graphics controller and click Update Driver Software.
• Click Browse my computer for driver software.
• Click Browse and select the directory where the driver files are located.

That's what those original instructions were, it claims it's already updated. Should I just launch Setup.exe?

Quote from cestislife

You could attempt that.

But if it does not work either, you can uninstall the drivers there, then try the force installation via have disk again.

Nope Setup.exe gives same error.