Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - Massive FPS drop

1. From Start, search for msconfig.
2. Select System Configuration from the search results.
   
   
   
    
3. On the Services tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box, and then tap or click Disable all.
   
   
   
    
4. On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click Open Task Manager.
   
   
   
    
5. On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click Disable.
   
   
   
    
6. Close Task Manager.
7. On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click OK, and then restart the computer.