Posted by karelknoes on Jul 06, 2012; 7:47am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Archive-style-applet-embedding-triggers-pixel-format-17-error-tp4025423p4025444.html

Updating the drivers of both video cards (ATI Xpress 200 and Xpress 600 Mobile)to the latest versions (10.2) solved the problem.

The "problem" with this fix is that Windows XP doesn't recognize these drivers as valid versions. They need to be manually selected and installed while ignoring warnings by Windows.