Regarding the miner from 1gh.com
minerd.exe -a heavy -v 1024 -o stratum+tcp://hvcpool.1gh.com:5333 -u WALLET -p x
Should really be written as
minerd.exe -a heavy -v YOUR_VOTE -o stratum+tcp://hvcpool.1gh.com:5333 -u WALLET -p x
Select a value between 0 and 1204 for YOUR_VOTE.