I loaded Java 8 update 60 yesterday in an effort to fix...it did not.
regarding this;
"You installed CoFHCore for 1.7.10 on 1.8. That doesn't work."
I installed forge versions mentioned before with default options. It created a forge profile in the launcher that references 1.8 jar in the forge profiles .json file.
I am not sure what you are suggesting I do?? Change the forge profile to use an earlier version of minecraft? sorry I'm new...