At uk site..
http://www.eidos.co.uk/support/search.html?gmid=52
Wow yeah looks like EA to me >.< /end sarcasm
But EA will be "WTF is this guy on, we didnt Publish Final Fantasy 8"
I am guessing you are using Vista yes?
Have you tried, running in administrator mode and set compatibility to Windows 98?
Anyways more Info would have been great, like graphic card, CPU, OS etc... We aren't fortune tellers you know :P