Okay. So suffice to say I've read the EAQ and did not find my solution there. I have looked at similar issues (but the info is majorly vague, so it's hard to tell) and found either nothing relevant or nothing that has worked, most of which has been about say updating windows, drivers, or disabling AV.
What happens: The server begins to boot up then suddenly closes. Additionally, it does NOT produce a log file on output. I played with logs intensively to see what the information provided was, to no avail. I have been told the server will ALWAYS produce a log, but this is apparently not as true and as much of a scientific law as it is proclaimed to be.
NOTE: This is being run on 1.7.10 and has all proper versions for forge, the minecraft client, and all mods used and all that jazz. We (as in a friend and I) double checked everything for corrupt downloads, proper versions, and things like "recommended" vs "latest" versions for complete accuracy, to no avail. We are under the impression 1.7.10 is either the latest or one of the latest versions. Nobody likes 8+ minecraft I guess.
Mods ran when this happens:
-CustomNPC's for 1.7.10B, balkon's weapons for 1.7.10 and 1.7.2, and too many items forge version for 1.7.10
-These problems persist for server bootup even after completely removing all of the above listed mods, effectively leaving a "vanilla" bootup.
Other info for the troubleshooting process:
-Files were claimed to install successfully. They are not installed on a "remote machine" or other things I've heard forge does not support. Just a good ol' client PC.
-Files were reinstalled with AV disabled in case it was interfering. No results.
-Read a post about not being able to boot up, then updating windows 7 to latest version, rebooting, and it worked fine. I installed all updates outside of microsoft office and this still did nothing.
-Server is not producing a log on bootup. Some junk logs were left lying around after vanilla server, and after re-checking the info after multiple attempts, the info provided was not updating and was claiming things that were impossible (unless it was a non-updating vanilla log,which it was) for the forge environment. Consequently, I have no forge logs to post.
-I updated all my drivers to their latest versions, this did nothing.
-Minecraft, forge, and server AND SP worlds have all been reset repetitively, but to no avail. Reinstalling or retrying the initiation is not the solution.
-Yes, the EULA is properly setup and vanilla was run prior to forge install.
PC Specs courtesy of Speccy:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
CPU: Intel Core i3 530 @ 2.93 GHz; Clarkdale 32nm technology
RAM: 6.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard: Gateway H57M01 (CPU 1)
Graphics: NS-24E730A12 (1920x1080@60Hz) ; 1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (NVIDIA)
Storage: 931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-22M2B0 (SATA)
Guise. What the heck is going on?