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After upgrading from XP to windows 7 Minecraft will no longer launch. After selecting 'play' it goes to the mojang screen and then back to the play screen again. Have tried through Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. No difference. Have tried different game versions. Searched forum comments, deleted Norton, uninstalled Java 7 32 bit and reloaded. Tried 64 bit too (which it is currently). When computer was upgraded, there were no changes to any hardware, so should not be a chip problem either as it was going fine before. Have tried loaded on a laptop, and it works fine on there (windows 7 Java 7 32 bit). After scrolling through the forums looking for a solution, and coming up with blanks I'm now relying on someone else to help me fix this. It's been 13 days now since this problem eventuated, and it's probably a simple fix - it's just where to start!. Hopefully the info below will assist. Thanks

[20:46:29 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.4.4 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[20:46:29 INFO]: Current time is Jul 17, 2014 8:46:29 PM
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_65'
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[20:46:29 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[20:46:30 INFO]: JFX has been detected & successfully loaded
[20:46:32 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[20:46:32 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[20:46:34 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[20:46:35 INFO]: Loaded 1 profile(s); selected 'Nathan'
[20:46:35 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[20:46:35 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[20:46:48 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[20:46:48 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[20:46:49 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 28 files)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.16\twitch-platform-5.16-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:49 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[20:46:54 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.002)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.16\twitch-platform-5.16-natives-windows-64.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:54 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[20:46:56 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[20:46:56 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:06.223)
[20:46:56 INFO]: Launching game
[20:46:56 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-30662102291322
[20:46:56 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[20:46:56 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-30662102291322 -cp C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.13\authlib-1.5.13.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.16\twitch-5.16.jar;C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[20:46:56 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[20:46:57 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[20:46:59 INFO]: Client> [20:46:59] [main/INFO]: Setting user: Nathan3612
[20:46:59 INFO]: Client> [20:46:59] [main/INFO]: (Session ID is token:0a34613431864155a106d1b05e0b2399:fb46ad0d8c5c4279a9ac2a5581716d13)
[20:47:00 INFO]: Client> [20:47:00] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.1
[20:47:03 INFO]: Client> [20:47:03] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
[20:47:03 INFO]: Client>
[20:47:03 INFO]: Client> Starting up SoundSystem...
[20:47:03 INFO]: Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[20:47:03 INFO]: Client> (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[20:47:04 INFO]: Client> OpenAL initialized.
[20:47:04 INFO]: Client>
[20:47:04 INFO]: Client> [20:47:04] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> [20:47:05] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x256 textures/blocks-atlas
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> [20:47:05] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256 textures/items-atlas
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000000bd555ec, pid=4676, tid=4816
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_65-b20) (build 1.7.0_65-b20)
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.65-b04 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # Problematic frame:
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # C [ig4dev64.dll+0x55ec]
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as:
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid4676.log
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> #
[20:47:05 INFO]: Client> AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
[20:47:06 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[20:47:06 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[20:47:06 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-30662102291322
[20:47:06 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Dahm\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.9\1.7.9-natives-30662102291322 - scheduling for deletion upon exit

Thank you, however this does not make sense. We were running 1.7.9 while on XP, and all was going fine. The chip was not changed when we upgraded to Windows 7 (no hardware at all changed at all - the hard drive was formatted and windows 7 loaded over the top), so now it won't work when it's the same chip? Could you please clarify how this can be. Thanks.

Another way to think about it is that the newest drivers for your chipset on Win XP are ancient.

The ones for Win 7 are newer, have new features, and new bugs. The root cause of this problem (at the moment) is that MC is using newer Open GL features that your driver claims to support. Those features are currently optional, but will soon be mandatory in future versions of MC.

Nevertheless, MC uses them if a driver supports them, and there is no control to enable or disable this behavior. If your driver either didn't claim to support the feature, or didn't crash when that feature was used, then you would be okay. But that is not the case.

Thank you for clarifying. By the sound of things this may resolve itself some point in the future, with future upgrades either at your end or Intel end. Regards.

It's unlikely to resolve itself. Intel isn't updating that driver anymore (the chipset is obsolete), and MC is planning for that Open GL feature to be a requirement.