Here's some useful commands. go to help/console, enter "addnode 162.243.61.72 add
" (no quotes). When blocks are synched, setgenerate true 1 (set number to number of processes to cores, mine chokes over 3 on an XP 64 bit system, even with 8 gb RAM). I tried joining a pool over on bitcointalk, got no assistance when asking about error when editing shortcut. Will try alpha pool here, currently building linux AMD rig.
Useful commands and node list, more commands available from console, "help":
getmininginfo
setgenerate true 1 (set number to number of processes or cores)
addnode 162.243.61.72 add
seeds: 64.90.183.137
162.243.61.72
addnode 198.154.60.183
addnode 162.243.48.239
addnode 198.199.74.126
addnode 198.211.117.209
addnode 162.213.155.46
addnode 192.199.250.136
addnode 192.241.255.25
addnode 146.185.174.136