I added the ALTERNATIVE MINER method.
Please try and tell me if it work for you. Report if it is faster or not.
Thanks.
EDIT
New command lines for simpleminer and minerd
simpleminer :
C:\path_to_simpleminer\simpleminer.exe --pool-addr=monero.crypto-pool.fr:1111 --login=your_address_here --pass x
minerd :
C:\path_to_minerd\minerd.exe -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://monero.crypto-pool.fr:6666 -u your_monero_address -t number_of_thread
I'm having a problem with minerd.exe and have also tried cryptonote miner.
simpleminer seems to work fine.
minerd.exe opened with the correct .bat in the same folder gives a "HTTP request failed" and "json_rpc_call failed".
running the .bat edited just as in your tutorial with my address and threads specifies opens a window that immediately closes.
cryptonoteminer seems to work, slowly, but between reports of really low hashes and speeds from each thread I get this error every 30 seconds or so: "Stratum connection failed. Could not resolve host stratum+tcp"