I have recently installed gta iv on a windows 8 machine and it was successful but when I launch the game it gives me seculancher error

I have recently installed gta iv on a windows 8 machine and it was successful but when I launch the game it gives me seculancher error

 

First off: 

Are you running a legal copy of the game? Are you running it as administrator? Is the Disc in the tray? 

Also, try following this guide:

http://www.lcpdfr.com/topic/11928-how-to-run-gta-iv-in-windows-8/

yes its a legal copy I bought it from walmart and I followed that guide to the letter

yes its a legal copy I bought it from walmart and I followed that guide to the letter

 

And you are of course running the latest patch, and launching the game as an administrator?

And you are of course running the latest patch, and launching the game as an administrator?

yep I got passed that error now when I launch the game through the launcher it gives me a black screen then before the opening credits I get a windows error saying gta iv not working message