GTA IV issue resolved. UPDATE

A few weeks ago I posted a thread here about GTA IV not being compatible with Windows 8, though I was mistaken. I had given up on trying to make it work. So last night I downloaded The Sims 3 from Origin, a game I knew was compatible, I had the same issue. Something was seriously wrong. Believe it or not, Bitdefender was blocking these games from running for some reason. I disabled active virus protection, and all of my games work flawlessly now. I am pissed off though because I paid a lot of money for BD, I don't expect it to block legit programs. If you have BitDefender, and Windows 8, disable active virus protection before playing a game.

MSE is a good free antivirus

MSE is a good free antivirus

True_Sounds

You can't even use MSE on Windows 8, it won't install because it is already built into the OS.  And using any other anti-virus conflicts with the integrated system.

It isn't that big of a deal for me. At least I got the damn game to launch.

It's probably blocking the game's exe from launching, I'm sure there must be a setting where you can put it to ignore the exe file from the game and it will launch just fine while still having the anti-virus on.

It's probably blocking the game's exe from launching, I'm sure there must be a setting where you can put it to ignore the exe file from the game and it will launch just fine while still having the anti-virus on.

TruSake

[QUOTE="TruSake"]

It's probably blocking the game's exe from launching, I'm sure there must be a setting where you can put it to ignore the exe file from the game and it will launch just fine while still having the anti-virus on.

GD-1369211121

[QUOTE="GD-1369211121"][QUOTE="TruSake"]

It's probably blocking the game's exe from launching, I'm sure there must be a setting where you can put it to ignore the exe file from the game and it will launch just fine while still having the anti-virus on.

dramaybaz

[QUOTE="dramaybaz"][QUOTE="GD-1369211121"] Yeah I tried doing that. Doesn't work. You can make an exception, but it still wouldn't launch. It blocks GFWL from working properly as well.GD-1369211121

If you're gonna pay for a system it should be Kaspersky.  Lesson learned, I guess..

well san andreas does not work it installs up til where it does the audio then pops up saying incompatible 

well san andreas does not work it installs up til where it does the audio then pops up saying incompatible 

mariokart64fan