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i've been trying to get mining now for the last few days but every time i click start on guiminer it either stays at connecting or it says connection failure. i've tried reinstalling it, went over all the details numerous times and still nothing
here is the console
2013-02-06 18:11:47: Running command: poclbm.exe dandancancan.worker1:y*******@api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 --device=0 --platform=0 --verbose -r1
2013-02-06 18:11:47: Listener for "Default" started
2013-02-06 18:11:48: Listener for "Default": No PyOpenCL
2013-02-06 18:11:48: Listener for "Default": Not using OpenCL
2013-02-06 18:11:48: Listener for "Default": Nothing to mine on, exiting
 the *'s are the password

any help would be appreciated
thanks

Do you have ATI GPU with official drivers installed?

ohh yes sorry... no im planning on running cpu

im trying to run with cpu... i know it well get me very little btc but i just want to get it running first

You will get closer to less than 0 with CPU.

It doesn't mine because it doesn't see any opencl hardware, of course. This means that you have to install the drivers or choose another miner. Open guiminer, clic file->new miner->ufasoft CPU miner and then set it. It should work. Note that cpu mining is totally useless. GPU mining is no more profitable now too, due to ASIC.  ;)

thanks but everytime i click start i get
2013-02-06 19:25:19: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:25:33: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:25:40: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:25:42: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:27:07: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:27:11: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p *******-o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:27:19: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332
2013-02-06 19:27:40: Running command: C:\Users\Desktop\Desktop\guiminer\miners\ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe -u dandancancan.worker1 -p ******* -o http://api2.bitcoin.cz:8332

Does ufasoft\bitcoin-miner.exe exist? Check the folder please

no theres not even a miners folder

 :D
Makes sense, CPU mining is dead as i said, no point in keeping included the cpu miner.

but there has to be a way to do it.... ive been trying to do this for ages and i aint giving up now :P

download the miner and put it in mentioned folder, should work