I started the Minecraft Launcher and clicked play. The Minecraft 1.7.4 window came up, then disappeared and I was taken back to the Launcher. The Development Console showed this:
[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x05d33ed8, pid=5492, tid=4404

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_45-b18) (build 1.7.0_45-b18)

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (24.45-b08 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 )

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # Problematic frame:

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # C [ig4dev32.dll+0x3ed8]

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as:

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # C:\Users\Karl\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid5492.log

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> #

[10:56:58 INFO]: Client> AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed

[10:56:58 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)

[10:56:58 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Karl\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-1931178641978

[10:56:58 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash

[10:56:58 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Karl\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-1931178641978 - scheduling for deletion upon exit

I have played Minecraft many times before and have had no problems with it. Please send a fix for this crash.