After a couple of more tries at the upgrade, then an aborted attempt at
a Windows 7 upgrade (decided against since it wanted to wipe the disks).
I decided to remove the modem from the PC since it wasn't a critical
piece of hardware -- and the upgrade finished. The upgrade advisor had
absolutely no problem with that modem so I don't know what the problem
was, likely W8 has a bad driver or something.
The next problem I encountered was when it presented me with a signon
screen. I had setup XP a long time ago to auto-signon and I didn't
remember the passwords. So I had to create a password reset disk and
fix both accounts. But I have a fully functioning W8 install which
includes the Media Center optional add-on that they want to charge for,
but is free until mid January.
Bill
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