I want to play minecraft and some other games.. but they dont work?!? Help?-Collection of common programming errors

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discoverer: anonymous When i try to play minecraft i get this message below. My graphics are by NVIDIA and i have an HP laptop. If you need any info on my graphics card or other stuff, just ask! Bad video card drivers! ———————– Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode. This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers. — BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 ——– Generated 1/7/12 9:21 PM Minecraft: Minecraft 1.0.0 OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1 Java: 1.6.0_30, Sun Microsystems Inc. VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Sun Microsystems Inc. LWJGL: 2.4.2 [failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)] org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoose. Method) at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.chooseP. at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWi. at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Di. at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.. at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.. at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.. at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceF. at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Sourc. at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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1. Try updating your video card drivers.