Hi Shux. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 10 year Windows MVP here to help you.
Reduce the load on resources by turning off all of the Startup Freeloaders from the four locations they roost shown in Step 4 of this checklist: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...
Monitor the temps with CoreTemp from the System Tray, set it to sleep when it reaches Core Max temp it will calculate.
Add another or more powerful fan.
For a laptop add a cooling pad.
Have the leanest possible install like this gold standard Clean Install which compiles the best possible Install of Windows which will stay that way as long as you stick with the tools and methods given, has zero reported problems, and is better than any amount of money could buy: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.
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