Same as this guy except I have Windows 7, 64-bit Ultimate. I have not thinned out my processes, yet. I do turn off Automatic Updates in game due to "lost host" on FSO. I noticed my CPU was running a bit hot, so I took the side cover off and it runs cooler. Willl be installing a supercooler soon. I have had no issues crashing except the host thing in FSO 2 times.
Me, too, am fully updated.
Might check out
http://www.AskWoody.com/ and his Defcon rating system.
I have had issues a couple of times with a current update causing major problems.
No problems in game.
Last night system wanted to do a Restore when I rebooted, as I was having problems starting up. I unplugged for 5 minutes and started over with no issues, started OK. I did not do a Restore.
I wonder if there is an issue with this last batch of updates?
I'm using an OEM install of Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium, Superfetch disabled, high performance, and I'm not getting any crashes, aside from the one that I'm suspecting was caused by overheating.
I'm fully updated as well.