Minecraft wont work on my Windows XP Media Center Edition…?-Collection of common programming errors

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discoverer: Tanon Hanzal The computer runs fine. I looked at the qualifications for my computer, and they are all above the minimal… I downloaded minecraft and i get a message that says: 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 5/29/12 3:43 PM Minecraft: Minecraft 1.2.5 OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1 Java: 1.7.0_04, Oracle Corporation VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation 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) — END ERROR REPORT 2daac196 ———-

Do i get a better graphics card? What do i do to fix this?!?

1. You either haven’t installed your graphics card drivers or your graphics system isn’t capable of accelerated 3D OpenGL graphics.