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 24/02/11 17:40 

Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.3_01 
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1 
Java: 1.6.0_21, 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.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784) 
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765) 
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:260) 
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:632) 
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 
--- END ERROR REPORT 82f6fe7c ----------" 
Could anyone please help fix this so I can get to playing thanks a lot