I need to take this advice as well, but set up a backup account and run something like this then save as a bat file:

@ECHO OFF
:: Miner Failover Script

:: Will continously try each pool until one responds, ordered by priority.
:: If proxy is desired, set to 1.

:GLOBAL
:: Set options
SET RETRIES=3
SET SECONDS=5
SET PROXY=0
SET PROXYURL=http://proxyip:port

:POOL1
:: Set userpass information for first pool
SET USERPASS1=User.Miner:Password
SET URL1=stratum+tcp://Pool:Port

:POOL2
:: Set userpass information for second pool
SET USERPASS2=User.Miner:Password
SET URL2=-o stratum+tcp://Pool:Port

:CHECK
:: Check if proxy is flagged
IF %PROXY%==0 GOTO NOPROXY
IF %PROXY%==1 GOTO WITHPROXY

:NOPROXY
:: Normal connect
minerd -a X11 --retries=%RETRIES% --retry-pause=%SECONDS% --userpass=%USERPASS1% --url=%URL1% -t 3
minerd -a X11 --retries=%RETRIES% --retry-pause=%SECONDS% --userpass=%USERPASS2% --url=%URL2% -t 3
GOTO NOPROXY

:WITHPROXY
:: Connect via proxy
minerd -a X11 --retries=%RETRIES% --retry-pause=%SECONDS% --userpass=%USERPASS1% --proxy=%PROXYURL% --url=%URL1%
minerd -a X11 --retries=%RETRIES% --retry-pause=%SECONDS% --userpass=%USERPASS2% --proxy=%PROXYURL% --url=%URL2%

GOTO WITHPROXY

:END