GTA IV crashing at startup!?

computerwiz2531

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Mar 26, 2014
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Hi, to start off with, I have a ligament copy of GTA IV off steam. I have played this game without errors and about avg of 30 FPS, I get errors when trying to install patch 1.0.7.0 with the MSI installer. I then got universal extractor and manually installed it. Upon launching I get a windows error saying, it has stopped working and
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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: GTAIV.exe
Application Version: 1.0.7.0
Application Timestamp: 4bd9efbe
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.22703
Fault Module Timestamp: 5385b23f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002efa8
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: e8ad
Additional Information 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
Additional Information 3: e8ad
Additional Information 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
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I noticed that Steam auto installed 1.0.7.0. I then later reinstalled the game with the same outcome. I even disabled steam auto updates. My specs are
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AMD APU A8-5600K
RADEON HD 7560D (integrated CPU GPU)
ASROCK FM2A88X PRO3+
6 GB DDR3 RAM
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If my specs don't reach the requirements (GPU) you don't have to tell me, I've player about 20 hours on this computer, and I used to play it on a computer with 1 GHz and 2 GB RAM. My game is not modded and I've reinstalled the game 5 times already. Thanks.

EDIT: I installed 1.0.4.0, now my game starts although there are no menu options (Start, Options, Live) and when pressing enter my game goes into the loading screen and then crashes, I've verified cache multiple times, ran the game in compatibility mode for Vista SP2, and Windows 7 no SP (I'm using Windows 7 SP1), both with admin privileges.