In Windows 7 , iMAC heats up quickly

My iMAC 27" (with Radeon 4850) heats up quickly in windows 7 64-bit.
1- I can't have control over the graphic card because the catalyst control center doesn't get installed (no errors while installing, but can't find it after that)
2- in CPU-Z it shows fan speed is 30% and even when it heats up (sometimes up to 72 C) the fan speed remain the same and the system gets really hot.
How can I overcome this issue? this is important for me

Might be interesting to list the codecs you have installed to see if any could be interpreting the PSD format...
There's a good tool for doing that called AutoRuns and it's available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
I'm not sure exactly where to tell you to look, but with the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack I see all the entries as decoders in the Everything tab, under a couple of Class IDs with Instance subkeys...
-Noel

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User Tip: How to deal with MacBook Pro and MacBook heat?
Per your user manual:
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From MacBook Pro: Care, Use, and Safety Information
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