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Yes i have the pixel format not accelerated problem. No don't bother linking me to that reddit thread I've already seen it.

I have tried installing and reinstalling the drivers from Microsoft, Intel, where ever else i could find them. I've tried disabling the driver through windows update so it won't get replaced (this worked on my laptop but not hers.)

Ok so we have two laptops here, mine a gateway with a Core i3 3110m cpu and Intel HD 4000 graphics, minecraft runs fine on this after i disabled the windows update driver and installed the Intel one. And then we have her laptop, which has a Core i5 2430m cpu with Intel HD 3000 graphics. Minecraft will technically run on here but only the vanilla version, with just a single mod installed it chokes and throws a pixel format not accelerated error at me. 

But here's the thing that's really getting at me. Everything else runs fine, she plays world of warcraft on there. She played Star was knights of the old republic 2 on there. And it had this same problem with the Intel Celeron b815 cpu I pulled out to replace with the i5 2430m. Vanilla minecraft with 100% no mods will run 1.7.10 or 1.8.8 just fine but as soon as i install one mod like optifine it chokes. 

This is my last ditch effort to try and get this working, i'm preparing to kick it back from Windows 10 to Windows 7 if we can't figure anything out.

Also i figured i would share what resources i have found for solving Windows 10 Intel HD Graphics issues so far.

Easiest way to find the latest driver for your laptop: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23162/Intel-HD-Graphics-Drivers-for-Intel-Pentium-Processors-and-Intel-Celeron-Processors

That Reddit thread with a possibly related, maybe similar but not quite the same issue i seem to be having here: https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/3fxgbj/issues_with_modded_minecraft_and_windows_10/

Finding updates, figuring out if the Intel graphics driver is being pushed through windows update, installing it or blocking it tool here: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/64939-Windows-Update-MiniTool

A hundred thousand results, a discordant cacophonous chorus of static that roughly says 'i didn't even install a graphics driver and now minecraft doesn't work': https://www.google.com/search?q=minecraft+pixel+format+not+accelerated&oq=Minecraft+pixel+format+not+a&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.4320j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

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We also have a problem with that issue.

Afaik the lates drivers are causing it so you need to disable the auto update feature windows 10 has for graphic drivers and work your way down from the latest to the "not so latest" until you find a working one.

Someone even asked this at Microsoft support and they were like "go away that's not our problem".

Mojang is also marking all modded mc instances as "go ask Forge" and you know how that ends. ("working as intended").

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Brughhhhhhhh....

Ok well i will poke around the driver archives and try some stuff tonight and report back if i get it working before i lose my patience and nuke the windows 10 and reinstall 7.

Chief resource to assist in this: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-020667.htm

 

Ok here's what i have found so far:

Intel HD Graphics Driver # | ZIP # | Release Date | Pass/Fail
9.17.10.4229 | Win64_152824 | 5.26.2015 | Fail
9.17.10.4101 | Win64_152823 | 1.30.2015 | Fail
9.17.10.3517 | Win64_152822 | 3.20.2014 | Fail
9.17.10.3347 | Win64_152820 | 1.29.2014 | Fail
9.17.10.2828 | Acer Source | 7.31.2012 | Fail
8.15.10.2342 | Acer Source | 3.25.2011 | Fail

Now from poking around, according to the reddit thread the working driver is 10.18.15.4256 so based on the how to identify graphics drivers article i should then be using 9.17.10.4256 however the 9.17.10 driver does not go past Build 4229. Looking around at some other drivers reveals that none of the Windows 8 (not 8.1) drivers go past Build 4229! In fact Sandy Bridge drivers arent avalible for Windows 8.1 64bit and the 32bit drivers are also Build 4229! The Intel driver version 10.18.10.4276 would not force install either. And the Ivy Bridge drivers for Windows 8 (non 8.1) are not available past Build 4229 as well.

Unless Intel releases drivers for Sandy Bridge chips newer than Build 4229 or Microsoft solves whatever problem is causing this it looks like we simply wont be able to run any sort of modded Minecraft under Windows 10 period.

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After reinstalling Windows 7 64bit, and the Intel 9.17.10.4229 drivers Tekkit Legends loads fine on the same computer. I hate for this to be the solution but what else can you do?

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