Quote - Any of them.

But I may still be doing something wrong, just need to figure out what,,,lol.

 

No, if you followed the step-by-step I posted you should have no problems.

Since you are let's start eliminating possibilities.

First download the most recent ZIP file appropriate to your OS. (There have been occassional difficulties with the installers)

Let me know when you get that downloaded and unzipped, remember Blender can run from any location so simply unzip somewhere that is convenient for you.