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Okay, so to start off, My laptop recently got updated to Windows 8.1 after it used to be Windows 7. My uncle had to completely reboot it and put a new hard drive in it since the old one crashed, and he couldn't get Windows 7 from his company, so I'm stuck with windows 8. Well, before the crash, my laptop would run Minecraft and The Sims 3 like a champ, and now even with a new and larger hard drive, it barely gets past opening the launcher, and when it finally comes up with the crash notes this comes up:



---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Sorry

Time: 3/8/15 8:38 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 bss.an(SourceFile:526)
at bss.ak(SourceFile:355)
at bss.a(SourceFile:302)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)


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 bss.an(SourceFile:526)
at bss.ak(SourceFile:355)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at bss.a(SourceFile:302)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.1
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (amd64) version 6.3
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 55906440 bytes (53 MB) / 156700672 bytes (149 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: 1.8.1
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 think the main problem is that Windows 8 has screwed up some compatibility with the graphics card of my laptop when it was Windows 7? I don't know that's just a speculation, but I'm not really all that great with this stuff, which is why I'm on this forum now. My Uncle also said he upgraded the graphics card to a newer version than what this laptop had before it crashed, so that shouldn't be the problem. Can someone please help?