go to
http://max.1gh.com , its the most reliable pool at the moment. You will find links there to CPU mining and GPU mining.
GPU mining is ofcourse recommended over CPU these days
you need to make a batch file and start it by right clicking on it and pressing ''run as administrator'')
i'm using an Ati R9 280X (GPU mining) with following batch file (copy & paste in notepad and save with ext .txt and then convert to .bat)
c:\cgminermax\cgminer --keccak -o
http://maxpool.1gh.com:17333 -u ThiswillbeyourMaxcoinadress -p Thiswillbeyourrandomchoosenpassword -I 11 -g 1 -w 128
(as you can see i made a seperate folder named cgminermax as i'm also using normal cgminer directory for other coins like Dogecoin)
If yr not sure what yr maxcoinadress is check yr windows wallet (download from
http://maxcoin.co.uk .. its called maxcoin-qt.exe and with option ''receive'' you find yr Maxcoinadresses)
Hope this helps,
qwizzie