The rules:
1: Wipe your hard drive.
2: Reinstall Windows from scratch (demand the Windows disc from the vendor).
3: Set your system to prioritise background tasks (audio is background as far as Windows cares).
4: Use Device Manager to disable anything that you don't need, DVD drive, ACPI battery doobrie, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, webcam etc.
5: Use the 3 fingered salute (ctrl-alt-del) to get rid of any background programs that you don't need, these should be few or non existant if you did a clean Windows install.
6: Put Windows visuals into "best performance" mode.
You can organise a lot of this by using a script (I think one is available on DJTT actually) which takes about a minute to run. I use the above rules and my Dell Latitude gives me 88samples/2ms latency which is equivalent to no sticker drift when scratching with my Denons on Traktor. Just my tuppence on the subject.
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