for XMR , can i mine directly payout to exchange address ?
No, don't even think about trying it. Will not work.
Exchanges need a both a base address and a transaction address (ID address).
Download the wallet and create these for mining purposes.
Use this while the deamon catches up which will take a long time as it's over 1 GB block train.
Send ALL transactions from pools to your local wallet and then transfer to exchange.
If anyone is super stuck I can generate a wallet address for you to get started mining on XMR or QCN.
I'll transfer this info to you so you can take possession of coins but you should then generate a new wallet address as soon as you have caught up on the block chain.
Let me know if I can assist any of you. It's not hard (but different) then any other alt coins.
Carlo
PS I'm as trustworthy as I claim.

But kicking aside let me know if I can help any of you out getting started with CryptoNight. It's different for sure but not hard.
is it normal for the daemon to spam messages saying: Some problems at write: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host:10054
Just goes on and on in that window.