>>> First, check out what Checkmate said:

>>>> "We can't tell if your PC is ready to continue installing Windows 8.
>>>>  Try restarting setup."

>>>> When you restart setup, guess what happens?

>>>> "SOMETHING HAPPENED"

>>>> "We can't tell if your PC is ready to continue installing Windows 8.
>>>>  Try restarting setup."

>>>> And I just bought three copies of this piece of shit...

>>> Update:

>>> Got it installed.  Turns out if you had McAfee antivirus on your computer
>>> before... even if you used Windows to uninstall it, there are still
>>> remnants that prevent Windows 8 from installing, although Microsoft
>>> techies don't appear to be aware of this yet.  You have to get another
>>> uninstall program from McAfee (free) to get rid of the rest of it...
>>> fuckin' idiots!

>> What a dope! If you are too dumb to manually delete left-over McAfee files
>> and folders then perhaps you shouldn't even own a computer. You should also
>> edit the registry to remove all McAfee references. Actually, you are an
>> even bigger dope for using an anti-virus program. They take up too much
>> disk space, slow down your computer, overwork your hard drive - always busy
>> busy busy, and it turns out they are totally unnecessary provided you
>> install a good personal firewall. Furthermore, if you have an Internet
>> provider like Comcast you are already behind their very effective firewall
>> and when you add your personal firewall nobody can put worms, trojans and
>> viruses onto your computer. All you have to be is not so freaking dumb that
>> you open e-mail attachments, or insert questionable thumb drives, CDs etc.

>> I haven't used AV programs for three years now and have yet to get infected
>> by malware. I sit behind a Comcast or Bell South firewall depending on
>> whose wi-fi I use and I use Tiny Personal Firewall where I can close or
>> stealth any and all hackable ports. I'm sure some of the stAUKers have
>> tried to hack into my computer but they've always failed. I have noticed
>> some of the stAUKers have from time to time engaged me in a thread where it
>> was apparent their motive was to keep me on-line. But, I just laugh knowing
>> even if they can get through two firewalls (good luck with THAT!) they will
>> find port after port after port closed or unresponsive (stealthed)  to
>> them.

>> When I log onto https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

>> They show the IP number of the provider I'm using through my wi-fi. When I
>> check the ports they show all closed or stealth. Hackers will be tearing
>> their hair out. LOL!

>> --
>> Sir Gregory

> Attempting connection to your computer. . .

> Shields UP! is now attempting to contact the Hidden Internet Server within
> your PC. It is likely that no one has told you that your own personal
> computer may now be functioning as an Internet Server with neither your
> knowledge nor your permission. And that it may be serving up all or many of
> your personal files for reading, writing, modification and even deletion by
> anyone, anywhere, on the Internet!

> Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!
> One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE!
> Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered
> with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to
> a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR
> computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which
> represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine
> configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and
> intrusion.

> Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
> All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is
> very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to
> vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY
> SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking
> protocol over the Internet.