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We have a Pixel Format Not Accelerated problem which causes Minecraft to crash. This has happened since moving to a different computer. From searching the forums I see this is a common problem, and I have gone through the standard suggestions about updating video card drivers that one can find here:

http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/pixel-format-not-accelerated/
http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/pixel-format-not-accelerated/support/

Those solutions have not worked, and both Windows and ATI tell me my drivers are up to date.

I think all the relevant information about my system, the drivers, etc, are in the dxdiag report, which one can view here:

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/8e6926de6301b156d948


I would describe my computer literacy as intermediate. I'm not a programmer or a gamer, but I can usually fix straightforward stuff and follow instructions. But all the sugggestions I have located for resolving this problem have not worked yet. Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide.Forgot to include the crash report with my previous post:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Would you like a cupcake?

Time: 1/2/14 7:33 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:252)
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 azi.ad(SourceFile:325)
at azi.f(SourceFile:696)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:152)


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:252)
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 azi.ad(SourceFile:325)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at azi.f(SourceFile:696)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:152)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.4
Operating System: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.7.0_45, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 5150800 bytes (4 MB) / 26808320 bytes (25 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.7.4
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: []
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)

cestislife, you know your stuff! That seems to have fixed the problem I was having. I will have to wait until my kids verify that all is working OK (I'm just the humble dad who keeps the computer running), but it looks like that solved the problem. I really appreciate your help, and am amazed at how quick you were. Happy New Year to you!