Mincraft wont launch in W8.1, used to work on same machine with Linux

Put the summary of the bug you're having here
Game won't launch
What I expected to happen was...:
game would start

What actually happened was...:
I got this message
– Initialization –
Details:
Stacktrace:
at bao.f(SourceFile:713)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)

– System Details –
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.10
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (x86) version 6.3
Java Version: 1.7.0_71, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 45558352 bytes (43 MB) / 125042688 bytes (119 MB) up to 523501568 bytes (499 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.7.10
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: ~_ERROR~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
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)
Vec3 Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start up the game under W8.1