Civ5 Crash on Startup

[Duderlybob]

Hey Guys, I've got a problem that I've not been able to find an answer for on my own. Every time I try to boot up Civ5, after selecting the DX version, there's a three or four second pause, and a black window begins to open up, then immediately closes. Nothing else happens after this point. Was wondering if anyone could perhaps shed some light on this issue.

Here's the dxdiag, event logs, a few personal notes, and what I've tried so far.

Tried restarting computer.
Tried reinstalling Civ5.
Tried updating drivers.
Tried verifying integrity of game cache.
Tried bypassing/deleting opening video.
Tried updating DirectX.
Tried using different versions of DirectX.
Tried running as admin and in compatibility mode. (When doing this, the comp just asks for permission to continue in an infinite loop until I say no, window doesn't even begin to open like normal when this is tried)

This computer has run Civ5 before, not like a champ, but it is capable.

Event Logs:

(Event 8224)
The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.

(Event 1001)
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: PCA2
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: CivilizationV.exe
P2: 1.0.3.144
P3: Sid Meier's Civilization V
P4: Sid Meier's Civilization V
P5: Firaxis Games
P6: 200
P7: -1
P8:
P9:
P10:

Attached files:

These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Jeremy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\NonCritical_CivilizationV.ex_5ca0bdc94bd3c7925d9c8113c496945f645436ff_09db58a2

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: a6dd5fe6-4e82-11e3-88c3-001e33722442
Report Status: 4

I've tried everything I can think of, so if anyone could shed some insight as to why it used to work but can no more, I'd be grateful.