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    Default cpu usage higher after fresh install of win 7

    some of you may have seen my previous post about a virus i had that forced me to reinstall windows, however im having a few issues now a few weeks on.
    first issue is my cpu usage, before i had to reinstall the cpu was idling at about 2/3% now its about 15/18% when running traktor it used to be no higher than 10% and about 5% when running the optimiser script, wheras its now at about 25%.
    secondly the laptop is running a lot hotter, and the fan seems to be needed to run all of the time where before it didnt.

    any ideas guys?
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    I was getting cpu spikes and tracked it down to multi-core support not being enabled in Traktor. I suppose that's somewhere to start.

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    im running 2.0.3 found it the most stable so never had a need to upgrade, and as far as im aware multicore came in on 2.1 however its just generally higher not only when traktor is running.
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    hi guys, im starting to get a bit concerned about this now, all has been kind of ok, like i said in the previous post cpu was higher but still about 25% and still kind of ok. however since last night my cpu has been spiking right upto 100% and then dropping to around 80%, as i write this it is sitting at 50%. the system is completely optimised, as per pretty much every post there is online and when i gig i use the smitten's optimiser script. i have just ran a virus scan with avast and its completely clean.

    specs are: i3 2.27ghz, 8gb ram, 60GB ocz vertex SSD (for os win 7 x64), 500GB HDD in drivebay for music.

    i have updated all drivers, and installed speedfan, however speedfan does not detect any fans when i go to the configure tab.

    anyone have any ideas how i can get this back to how it used to perform, it was absolutely brilliant before i had to re-install windows
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    Have you run a latency monitor to check what's causing the CPU spikes?
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    hi, yes i have, i just ran another and have attached a screenshot of it https://docs.google.com/document/pub..._YXJOBM3pW_pro

    it doesnt show any problems but still getting very hot and spiking
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    the thing thats really concerning me is that there is even less on it now than there was before the install, and it was running like a tank. but now im just browsing the web and its sitting at 52%
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    If you look in Task Manager it shows you what process is taking up that much CPU

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    i have had a look on seven forums and they seem to suggest that there may have been a problem with my installation at some point. however i do not know where my install disk has gone, i lost one of my cd wallets and i think it may have been in there!!!! NOT A HAPPY BUNNY! do any of you guys know where i can download a copy. i have my product key and i know microsoft will have no issue re-authorising it when i speak to them.
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