How do you make a bootable USB

Ryan Denison; Hello;

See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073 <-sudodus/Howto make USB boot drives

-hope this helps-

mkusb is one of the ones I have tried. Also, I don't have any form of Linux on my computer so I can't use any software, add-ons, etc that are Linux dependent. It must be done from Win 7 pro. I have read a ton of "How to" posts, but none have worked. This is why I need someone to actually do it with an iso and software that are the lastest versions. Many of these how to's say "now add your Umbutu 14.xxx iso" or something similar. They didn't work for me. When I read many pages into the post, I often find "software not compatible with Umbutu 16.xxx or later".
Thanks for the quick response, though

Ryan Denison; Ouch .

Sorry, I gave no access to a Windows machine ; can not comply with the request.

-a fact of life-

No problem. I, too, would like to distance myself from Windows someday. Alas, my ability to self teach new things is long gone. I now require someone to hold my hand like a child and teach me every little detail. On the bright side, once taught, not only I am able to retain and excel at the task, I am fairly good at teaching it to others.
Oh well, c'est la vie.

I suggest that you follow https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows and report back if you run into any problem.
I recommend Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I have already tried that one 3 times. In fact, it was the first one because the Umbutu site said to. I used both of the versions of Linux I posted before and then I tried Umbutu again on a different USB drive. That is why I requested someone else to try it to verify all of the links and downloads were still working correctly. I guess I will just have to buy a drive with it installed and hope for the best.

I do not know what Umbutu is which you are talking about.
This is a question/answer site for Ubuntu.

If you are interested in Linux Mint, please refer to its own support pages
https://linuxmint.com/contactus.php and https://forums.linuxmint.com/

I am not sure of your question. It could be one of two things. If you are talking about what version/iso, it is the one I stated in the first post, Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop amd64 iso. If you are talking about what Umbutu website, it is the official one, https://www.ubuntu.com. As stated above, all of my iso downloads (except one program that I tried auto-download) came from the official website. The first procedures I tried were the ones recommended on the official Linux version websites. I tried all of the programs that the official websites recommended and I got those programs from the links provided on said websites.

Umbutu or Ubuntu

Unetbootin can be used to put the ISO on a USB stick / SD card

There isn't such a thing as Umbutu, as far as I know. I just looked back at my posts and noticed I typed it wrong in a spot. Sorry, I have a TBI from when I was in the military. Sometimes my letters and words get a little mixed up, especially when typing. It drives me nuts.

Again, as stated before, I need someone to actually do the install. I stated before that I have used most of the installers already which is why I need someone to do a current one, let me know what they did, let me try it and hope it works. It probably won't, but then I can do my best to give copies of error codes so we can compare apples to apples. I searched my computer and found some of the programs I have tried: Rufus, Universal USB Installer, Unetbootin, LinuxLive USB Creator, and ISO Workshop. I think there are more but I must have deleted them.

I apologize for this, but I am getting a bit frustrated. As someone said, this is a question/answer forum. I was hoping to get assistance solving my problem from at least one of the many thousands of members. I know computers very well. I have been building them for a couple decades. My first computer was a 386. (Now I fell old) I know how to use the internet. My first connection was a 14.4kb. I know how to look up a procedure on how to mount a Linux ISO all by myself. I am not three years old. I tried a lot of things and they did not work on two different computers. I thought that by providing so much information in such detail in the first post that people would realize I am not just some NUB and that I am not some kid who is too lazy to look things up for myself and wants someone to do the work for me.

I have been using Windows since it was first invented and DOS before that. I have never attempted to use Linux but want to. Again, I was just hoping for help in the process. Linux error codes and messages mean nothing to me. Guess I will just buy it and hope it is not a crud copy or scam and be without my computer for who knows how much longer.

It the installer does not work for you, then please tell in details what there is happening (or not happening as ecpected).
If you just tell "it does not work", then this is equivalent to us saying "if we try, it is working".

I assume the first step should be to verify whether the USB stick that you created is sane, Only if this is proven, then it makes sense to try installing with it.

If you plug the USB stick into a computer (operating system does not matter) and open the file explorer to see its contents, what do you see? Is there half a dozen of directories, including ones named boot, casper and isolinux?