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CPU behaving strange, running at 100%, unless Task manager is open? plz help me

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and do you know any reason to delete notepad.exe? why not calc.exe? if you are just repeating what you read somewhere and don't understand the reason for doing so. don't give them out as advise.
bad advise is worst than no advise at all.

and also a warning. read the forum rule. don't insult other on the forum