i expected the launcher to go from the update notifications page to the mojang banner then into the game page

what happened was that the launcher opened, the mojang banner came up, then the launcher reverted to the notifications page.

the launcher generated the following report:

[09:19:53 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.3.7 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows... [09:19:53 INFO]: Current time is Dec 12, 2013 9:19:53 AM [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows Vista' [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.0' [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'x86' [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_45' [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' [09:19:53 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '32' [09:19:53 INFO]: Refreshing local version list... [09:19:53 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list... [09:19:54 INFO]: Refresh complete. [09:19:54 INFO]: Loaded 1 profile(s); selected 'Master_of_Worms' [09:19:54 INFO]: Refreshing auth... [09:19:54 INFO]: Logging in with access token [09:19:57 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version [09:19:57 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads [09:19:58 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 27 files) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.12\twitch-platform-5.12-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-nightly-20131120-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.12\twitch-5.12.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download [09:19:58 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.000) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-external-platform\4.5\twitch-external-platform-4.5-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl_util-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl_util-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.2\authlib-1.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0) [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.12\twitch-5.12.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.2\authlib-1.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl-platform-2.9.1-nightly-20131120-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch-platform\5.12\twitch-platform-5.12-natives-windows-32.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that [09:19:58 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag [09:19:58 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.874) [09:19:58 INFO]: Launching game [09:19:58 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up... [09:19:58 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-4288128677736 [09:19:59 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft [09:19:59 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-4288128677736 -cp C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.2\authlib-1.2.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1-nightly-20131120\lwjgl_util-2.9.1-nightly-20131120.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\5.12\twitch-5.12.jar;C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main [09:20:01 INFO]: Client> [09:20:01] [main/INFO]: Setting user: Master_of_Worms [09:20:01 INFO]: Client> [09:20:01] [main/INFO]: (Session ID is token:0a3433b9f0f24a70a3a0ba1ebf49e53f:314df8e8bc734ec4b46bc1690b200755) [09:20:01 INFO]: Client> [09:20:01] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.1 [09:20:02 INFO]: Client> [09:20:02] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> Starting up SoundSystem... [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> Initializing LWJGL OpenAL [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> OpenAL initialized. [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> [09:20:03 INFO]: Client> [09:20:03] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> [09:20:04] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x256 textures/blocks-atlas [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> [09:20:04] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 256x256 textures/items-atlas [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x060d3ed8, pid=2960, tid=3768 [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_45-b18) (build 1.7.0_45-b18) [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (24.45-b08 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 ) [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # Problematic frame: [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # C [ig4dev32.dll+0x3ed8] [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as: [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid2960.log [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> # [09:20:04 INFO]: Client> AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed [09:20:04 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1) [09:20:04 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-4288128677736 [09:20:04 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash [09:20:04 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Cap'n Hell_2\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.4\1.7.4-natives-4288128677736 - scheduling for deletion upon exit

please note that:
1) no changes were made to the environment between my last use of the game and the onset of the failure to launch
2) the timeframe of the onset of failure coincides with the launch of v.1.7.4
3) i had downloaded minecraft server software, and unloaded it due to failure to operate effectively about 8 hours previous to the time i last left the game, in fact had the game up for about 8 hours after unloading the server software
4) another computer at my location has no issues with the update, and is functioning fine in game mode.