Begin by downloading the latest Windows Miner from btcsube's Github:

1. https://github.com/btscube/steem/releases/download/v0.11.0/steem-win-x64-011.zip
2. After the download finishes, unzip "steem-win-x64-011"
3. Navigate into the newly created "steem-win-x64-011" folder and double click "steemd.exe"
4. Close the command prompt

Download the latest blockchain:

1. http://steemitup.eu/witness_node_data_dir.tar.gz
2. After the download finishes, unzip "witness_node_data_dir.tar"
3. Navigate into the newly created "witness_node_data_dir.tar" folder
4. Once again, unzip "witness_node_data_dir"
5. Copy the newly created "witness_node_data_dir" folder
6. Go back to the "steem-win-x64-011" folder and paste the "witness_node_data_dir" folder here
7. Allow the folder to be overwritten

Navigate into the "witness_node_data_dir" folder located inside of the "steem-win-x64-011" folder

1. Right click on "config.ini" and choose "Edit" (I prefer to use Notepad++ for this)
2. Locate "# P2P nodes to connect to on startup (may specify multiple times)" and paste the seed-nodes found here: https://steemit.com/steemhelp/@steem-id/updated-steem-seed-node-list
3. Locate "# Endpoint for websocket RPC to listen on" and put "127.0.0.1:8090" as the rpc-endpoint rpc-endpoint = 127.0.0.1:8090
4. Locate "# name of witness controlled by this node (e.g. initwitness )" and put your steem account as the witness witness = username
5. Locate "# name of miner and its private key (e.g. ["account","WIF PRIVATE KEY"] )" and put your account and WIF Private Key as the miner miner = ["account","WIF PRIVATE KEY"]
6. Locate "# Number of threads to use for proof of work mining" and put the amount of threads you would like to dedicate to Proof of Work mining mining-threads = 4
7. Save and exit the editor

Navigate back to the "steem-win-x64-011" folder

1. Double click "steemd.exe" to begin syncing and mining!

Happy mining!