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I have heard about a lot of minecraft issues with Windows 8.1, i just got a new computer with 8.1 and i cant play minecraft. I keep getting this crash error:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Uh... Did I do that?

Time: 10/3/14 5:09 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 bsu.am(SourceFile:523)
at bsu.aj(SourceFile:352)
at bsu.a(SourceFile:299)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:120)


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 bsu.am(SourceFile:523)
at bsu.aj(SourceFile:352)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at bsu.a(SourceFile:299)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:120)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (amd64) version 6.3
Java Version: 1.8.0_20, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 73795656 bytes (70 MB) / 159649792 bytes (152 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.8
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: No
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)



I really need help if anyone can spare a minute, thanks.

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated

That means that hardware acceleration is not available. Update/install/reinstall your graphics drivers. This issue is not related to Windows 8.1 in any way. It is entirely to do with your GPU and/or GPU driver.