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I haven't been able to launch minecraft on my computer ever since I restored it. It's a very old Dell inspiron 1440 that never ran minecraft very well but it always used to start but it can't anymore. Eventually I kind of gave up but every once in awhile I'll come back to this problem and spend like 3 hours trying to solve it. I was hoping someone might be able to help with this one. I'll post the error message I get when I try:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Daisy, daisy...

Time: 12/29/16 1:22 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 bes.ap(SourceFile:600)
at bes.an(SourceFile:436)
at bes.a(SourceFile:383)
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 --
Thread: Client thread
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 bes.ap(SourceFile:600)
at bes.an(SourceFile:436)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at bes.a(SourceFile:383)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.11.2
Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 50315312 bytes (47 MB) / 151658496 bytes (144 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: 1.11.2
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: Yes
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>

I have tried updating video card drivers but it says that they are up to date when I do.

Follow the instructions here: http://hopper.minecraft.net/help/pixel-format-not-accelerated/support/#dxdiag

okay can you help with this?

http://paste.ubuntu.com/23708099/

Unfortunately your graphics hardware is not fully supported on Windows 10, you will either need to reinstall Windows 7(Where you hardware is supported), or use another computer to play Minecraft.

ugh alright I kinda figured that might be the problem thanks though!

hey I wiped my drive the other day and reverted my computer to windows 7 but minecraft still won't launch... I get the same error message. any ideas?

An easy way to figure out the problems with the crash report is to look at the lines that have "~~ERROR~~"

These are your lines:

OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.

With this information, i can say that your drivers aren't updated. Try to update the drivers of your gpu.

And also try reinstalling Java.

okay thanks

If you got Windows 7 reinstalled, you probably need to download and install the file from this page https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22167/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-Windows-7-64-Windows-Vista-64-exe-?product=81507