Downloading an ISO file/ Live CD

Hello to all you Geeks,
I am having trouble downloading Linux Kubuntu, or for that matter any of their OSs either to a live CD (ISO) or saving their Install file. I am running Win 98 on a HP pavillion 6638 desktop. I have upgraded from 64 to 256 MB of Ram, installed a Lite-On CD burner and a Netgear ethernet card. When I download any of Linux's operating systems my PC saves the files to wordpad, or at least to the wordpad icon. I have tried to save the files to an ISO file and also to all files, to my documents, to C:/programs.... I get a box that states Program not found, Windows cannot find program.exe this program is needed for opening type 'ISO File', Location of Program.exe:, and then highlighted is C:/. When I select the locate tab it just states that it cannot find the file. This is getting quite frustrating because I have tried approx 5.5 hours of downloading to no avail. Also I want to thank all Geeks on past help. I wanted to run XP on this system and was advised against it, to stay with Win 98, but tried anyway and well XP just didn't work well at all, I mean not at all. No biggie though, When and if I can afford it I would like to try the 64-bit duel core longhorn OS unless one of you software Geeks advise against that also. Thanks to Major Geeks I am not afraid to try anything once.
Thank you all. bluesteinm

 

If you truly are getting the .iso to download, you will need nero or another CD burning software to burn the .iso to a CD-R.

Also save the files to something like 'My Received Files', or 'My Downloads', not the desktop.

 

When you stated that xp didn't work well on your computer, what is your system specs?

Also, as brownizs stated, you need an app that can read and burn to cd, that .ISO file.

OR.

Only if you have XP!

You can use: CDBurn which is on the server 2003 resource kit. More info here:

http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm

also:

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm (Free).

 

Thefool the specs on his machine are:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59365&docname=bph05407

Base processor and speed

• Intel Celeron 533 MHz processor
• Maximum HP supported replacement: Intel Celeron 533 MHz (socket 370, 66 MHz)
• Maximum upgrade 256 MB (2 x 128 MB DIMM)
• Speed 100 MHz synchronous Sockets Two 168-pin DIMMs
• Size 16, 32, 64, and 128 MB DIMMs Pairs Required No Type Supported SDRAM, 100 MHz,
  
  Intel PC SDRAM unbuffered DIMM specification,
  
  revision 1.0 compliant

He can run XP on it with 256mb, which I see no problem, or even Win2k.

 

I agree, XP can be run off of this. Windows 2000 would be better.

At work, I use to run a 400Mhz intel with XP pro SP2, just fine.