user73206: I've tried BFGminer, CGminer, and GUIminer. I'm registered on Slush's Pool. I can't get BFGminer.exe to even open though and GUIminer refuses to connect to Slush's Pool even if I manually put in the new address. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Can someone please help me? I'm super new to this if you can't tell.

user50934: You cannot mine Bitcoin on a desktop (or laptop) computer these days.  If you are trying to mine Bitcoin on Slush, you will need an ASIC.  You can potentially mine ZCash on Slush, if you have a high performance graphics card.  Slush does not support directly mining any other coins.

73206: <p>I've tried BFGminer, CGminer, and GUIminer. I'm registered on Slush's Pool. I can't get BFGminer.exe to even open though and GUIminer refuses to connect to Slush's Pool even if I manually put in the new address. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Can someone please help me? I'm super new to this if you can't tell.</p>
 50934: <p>You cannot mine Bitcoin on a desktop (or laptop) computer these days.  If you are trying to mine Bitcoin on Slush, you will need an ASIC.  You can potentially mine ZCash on Slush, <em>if</em> you have a high performance graphics card.  Slush does not support directly mining any other coins.</p>
