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Re: Ubuntu will not load from any source on my various platforms

Hello Sweeney - and welcome to the Forum.Not sure what you mean by "I have also downloaded ubuntu direct to 3 computers Windows 10, XP Pro SP3 and windows 7 laptop.".  The ISO image is just a single file that contains in a compact form ...
Hello Sweeney - and welcome to the Forum.

Not sure what you mean by "I have also downloaded ubuntu direct to 3 computers Windows 10, XP Pro SP3 and windows 7 laptop."
The ISO image is just a single file that contains in a compact form all the files necessary to create an operating system.  The ISO file is NOT an operating system. 
Similarly Windows will not run any other operating system (except in a virtual environment) - Linux is not an application. 

In order to run Linux you need to create...