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I couldn't find the right forum section to make this thread so this one will have to close enough. I use a Windows Vista home premium 64-bit. Ever since 1.7 came out, on the minecraft title screen, it tells me I have an old graphics card that will prevent me from playing in the future as OpenGL 2.1 will be required. My computer is too old to update the graphics card, it is no longer supported. Singleplayer is fine, but in Multiplayer I crash every 30 seconds - 2 minutes. Here is the message that comes up every time.
Internal Exception: java.io.IOEexception: An established connection was aborted by the software in your home machine
I have no idea what I can do, if there is anything I can do. My graphics card is too old and so is the computer so it can't update the card. At some point in the next few updates I will be unable to play Minecraft. This crashing is extremely frustrating when I try to play, almost to the point where it's unplayable. If you are going to say "Get a new computer" don't reply at all please, I don't need a reminder. Family can't afford one right now. I'd like to avoid downloads, but if it's the only way to fix it I will download things. I really need help, please reply.Minecraft doesn't crash entirely, it disconnects me from the server displaying the internal exception message.

Quote from cestislife

Are you using 1.7.4? If so I would suggest using 1.7.2 instead, you can still connect to 1.7.4 servers with that version of the game. Does it still crash on there?

Please also provide the full development console log in the future.

It's crashed on all 1.7 versions, and I don't know what the full development console is. But the internal exception message I showed in the main post is exactly what it says when I am disconnected from the server. Not shortened.

I haven't seen that before but if so then "by the software in your home machine" tells you where the problem is.

Some form of internet security program (firewall, link scanner, web proxy) is disconnecting minecraft probably because it can't understand the protocol and thinks it is protecting you from some kind of trojan.

Quote from gerbil

I haven't seen that before but if so then "by the software in your home machine" tells you where the problem is.

Some form of internet security program (firewall, link scanner, web proxy) is disconnecting minecraft probably because it can't understand the protocol and thinks it is protecting you from some kind of trojan.

Do you know of anything I can do about that?