MacBook Pro is overheating in Windows 7

My MacBook Pro is overheating with the public beta release of Windows 7. This never used to happen in XP. I'm at a loss as to why this is.
Windows 7 32-bit on a MacBook Pro 2,2.

SpeedFan has never been found to work on Mac hardware.
Fan control is not that easy even on PC, it seems, and eVGA is working on getting a fix for their mobo.
InputRemapper use to work, but now doesn't work for everyone, not more recent MacBook and iMac - has not been updated in two years even.
Seems like it would not be that hard for Apple to develop their own tool, such as eVGA did with their E-LEET (based on CPUID). No way to monitor and control GPU fans in OS X (EVGA Precision, would be nice now that their GTX285 for Mac is a reality).
We've had a number of threads over this and heat, and what to use, and "why not SpeedFan" (all it needs is a profile, right?).

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