It seems that any launcher that is on version .5 and higher will load about halfway, then the loading process slows drastically, them, when it finishes loading, it simply crashes, before it even shows the Mojang symbol.

Description: Initializing game

java.lang.NullPointerException: Initializing game
at azd.a(SourceFile:502)
at azd.Z(SourceFile:340)
at azd.e(SourceFile:689)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:103)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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– Head –
Stacktrace:
at azd.a(SourceFile:502)
at azd.Z(SourceFile:340)

– Initialization –
Details:
Stacktrace:
at azd.e(SourceFile:689)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:103)

– System Details –
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.2
Operating System: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java Version: 1.7.0_40, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 3319344 bytes (3 MB) / 26808320 bytes (25 MB) up to 518979584 bytes (494 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M
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: 1.7.2
LWJGL: 2.9.0
OpenGL: ~_ERROR~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: [Default Resource Pack (2).zip]
Current Language: ~_ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~_ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)