EA FC 26 PC – EA AntiCheat Driver Not Installing, Game Closes (Error 87)
Hi everyone,
EA FC 26 crashes (closes unexpectedly) during PvP because EA AntiCheat’s driver eaanticheat.sys never installs on Windows 11 24H2 (Build 26100.4349 / 6899), showing Error 87 when trying to start the service.
I’m having a persistent issue with EA FC 26 on PC that completely prevents me from playing online (PvP) modes. The EA AntiCheat service fails to start because the driver file eaanticheat.sys never installs.
Symptoms:
EA FC 26 crashes during PvP matches (e.g., Rivals, Ultimate Team). Closing the game without a fault on-screen, as if you were to press ALT+F4, that's how its closing down.
Event Viewer shows:
Faulting application: eaanticheat.gameservice.exe
Faulting module: ntdll.dll
Exception code: 0xc0000374
EA AntiCheat service cannot start manually, with this error:
Windows could not start the EAAntiCheatService service on Local Computer.
Error 87: The parameter is incorrect
No eaanticheat.sys file is present in C:\Windows\System32\drivers or C:\Program Files\EA\AC.
System Details:
Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.4349) - Have also been on Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.6899) trying the same steps and trouble shooting but downgraded to a previous version to see if that would work but to no avail.
EA AntiCheat version 10.0.14379.0
Memory Integrity tested both ON and OFF
Antivirus: AVG (tested disabled)
Troubleshooting already done:
Full clean Windows reinstall
Reinstalled EA AntiCheat multiple times (Admin mode, Safe Mode, all drives tested)
Disabled Memory Integrity, antivirus, and background services
Ran sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth → both clean
Tried manual service creation via sc create → fails with “The system cannot find the file specified”
ALL of my drivers are up to date.
Provided EA with my DxDiag and they confirmed no faults.
Spoke to EA regarding everything and after following all of their troubleshooting options I have been left unable to play and with them unable to provide a fix.
Current Status:
EA AntiCheat driver never installs → service fails to start → PvP modes crash (closes) consistently.
Everything else, to my knowledge in Ultimate Team (offline / Squad Battles) runs fine.
EA have been made aware and have opened a 'Ticket', which they have now CLOSED as they are unable to provide any further assistance. They have said that this issue has been escalated to the 'Game Team' who will now work on a potential fix, however sadly this isn't guaranteed!
Request:
Can EA confirm if EA AntiCheat currently supports Windows 11 24H2 (Build 26100.4349) & Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.6899), as I would like to go back to the up to date software update and if there’s a working installer or fix to correctly deploy the eaanticheat.sys driver?
Any help from other users or EA staff would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
