New wallet - https://github.com/Max-Coin/maxcoin/releases/tag/v0.8.9.1 WINDOWS 8 SUPPORT!
Downloaded new wallet, added nodes to config, restarted, waited for 1 hour, but no effect 
- 0 connections.P.S. Win 8 64bit
save new there C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MaxCoin\maxcoin.conf
or remove into C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MaxCoin\