A few people are getting into trouble with creating the .conf file.

The answer to the error I'm seeing people get is that the maxcoin.conf file is created in notepad and has to be saved with a .conf extension and not a .txt file extension.

The confusion is that although it is shown as .conf, the actual file is saved by default as a .txt file......so you get maxcoin.conf.txt - but you don't see the .txt

To fix this, you have to show hide all file extensions and then remove the .txt part

maxcoin.conf.txt goes to just maxcoin.conf

Apply the nodes above, give it an hour to start syncing and then when it starts it takes a couple of hours.