Blender crashing when switching to cycles and rendering view

[joepal]

Blender typically saves a crash log somewhere. On linux it ends up in /tmp, I don't know where it lands in windows.

In this, you might get a hint on what is wrong.

But in my experience, intel opengl drivers aren't optimal for more advanced 3d stuff and have a tendency to crash. If you have dual graphics chips, make sure that blender starts on the radeon one.