@BigDoofus - I am sorry, but i can't help you with your problem - but if you can't login and need various added software that isn't working as you want it -
try to find the game on the "bay".
You don't have such problems with the versions there - i online use steam and nothing else - well i had an windows live account for dark souls but DS is now steam only.

I am not sure if GTA IV has only options you might want to use, but for just playing the "story" you could even try to find a crack if you have the game already installed, if there is a crack only upload.

sorry that i can't really help you - i use cracked editions as they will never have such problems. I buy games only for consoles as retail editions, these don't have such problems too :-)