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I recieved a new laptop as an early Christmas present and decided to install Minecraft on it, but when I attempt to launch the game I get this crash report:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that.

Time: 12/19/15 1:40 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:247)
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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
at ave.am(SourceFile:363)
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
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:247)
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 ave.ap(SourceFile:534)
at ave.am(SourceFile:363)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.9
Operating System: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 38711712 bytes (36 MB) / 95801344 bytes (91 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.8.9
LWJGL: 2.9.4
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)
CPU: <unknown>

SInce I am not knowledgeable as to what all this gobbledygook means, can anyone tell me what the problem is? I am running 32-bit Win7 if that helps

Drivers are up to date, still getting the error

Fixed the issue, restarted my computer and it worked fine

Quote from grimallq»

They're not!

If Windows Update or Device manager claims you have latest drivers? IT LIES!!! Microsoft wouldn't know a proper driver utility even if they got one on a silver platter.

Actually go to your GPU manufacturer's website and get latest drivers. Almost everything should have working drivers for Windows 7.

like i said before the post you quoted, restarting the computer fixed the problem and now it runs great