I finally got a screen capture of the error I received that causes the miner to stop in windows 8.1
Accepted 001cd0d8 MLD0 Diff 32m/1m
Pool 0 stratum share submission failure
Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
Stratum from pool 0 detected new block
https://s18.postimg.org/qdz36ljjd/errorfb.jpgPool information (I only have the one pool loaded)
https://s18.postimg.org/fgxrhijtl/errorfb2.jpgDisabling and enabling the miner does nothing.
When it loses the stratum connection at the same time it has a submission failure it does not seem to restart mining, even when new blocks are coming.