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So I finally gave in and bought Minecraft (for the kids, wink, wink). I just wiped and reloaded my 5 year old laptop. I figured that would be better as it was getting bogged down with old work stuff.

Just downloaded and installed Minecraft this morning, and it crashes on the Building Terrain splash screen. I've updated the video drivers and I've uninstalled and reinstalled the 64-bit version of Java. I'm not sure what else could be causing the problem.

Crash Log is shown below. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

ValleyHome

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// You're mean.

Time: 8/7/15 8:19 AM
Description: Updating screen events

java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to create a child event loop
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at ll$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at ll$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at no.c(SourceFile:10)
at ll.a(SourceFile:121)
at ave.a(SourceFile:1942)
at axv.i(SourceFile:172)
at axv.a(SourceFile:135)
at axu.a(SourceFile:350)
at axu.k(SourceFile:413)
at axv.k(SourceFile:81)
at axu.p(SourceFile:390)
at ave.s(SourceFile:1498)
at ave.av(SourceFile:889)
at ave.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
Caused by: io.netty.channel.ChannelException: failed to open a new selector
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:128)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.<init>(NioEventLoop.java:120)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.newChild(NioEventLoopGroup.java:87)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:64)
... 18 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to establish loopback connection
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:101)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:68)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl.<init>(PipeImpl.java:170)
at sun.nio.ch.SelectorProviderImpl.openPipe(SelectorProviderImpl.java:50)
at java.nio.channels.Pipe.open(Pipe.java:155)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorImpl.<init>(WindowsSelectorImpl.java:127)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorProvider.openSelector(WindowsSelectorProvider.java:44)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:126)
... 21 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect0(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:457)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:449)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.connect(SocketChannelImpl.java:647)
at java.nio.channels.SocketChannel.open(SocketChannel.java:189)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer$LoopbackConnector.run(PipeImpl.java:130)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:83)
... 29 more


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at ll$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at ll$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at no.c(SourceFile:10)
at ll.a(SourceFile:121)
at ave.a(SourceFile:1942)
at axv.i(SourceFile:172)
at axv.a(SourceFile:135)
at axu.a(SourceFile:350)
at axu.k(SourceFile:413)
at axv.k(SourceFile:81)
at axu.p(SourceFile:390)

-- Affected screen --
Details:
Screen name: aya
Stacktrace:
at ave.s(SourceFile:1498)
at ave.av(SourceFile:889)
at ave.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.8
Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 101601200 bytes (96 MB) / 327516160 bytes (312 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: 13, tallocated: 95
Launched Version: 1.8.8
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs:
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: 2x AMD Turion(tm) II Dual-Core Mobile M520

I'm no expert but a five year old anything in the computer world is not worth keeping.

Just uninstalled Norton Internet Security (it wasn't even activated yet), but still no luck.