nice walk through 
I'll have to try out Windows mining and will certainly use this guide. I have a 4 core Intel i5 chip. Have you noticed which resources are being use the most from Steem mining? RAM, the CPU cores, HDD i/o activity? All the above? lol
RE: Complete Steemit Mining Guide For Windows + CLI Wallet -= Will have continued updates=- V1.01 06/09/16