Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
Yes, that is normal, if the percentage almost immediately returns to normal, then there is nothing wrong with your system, you have nothing to worry about.
100% cpu usage when just open task manager
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is it normal for a cpu to go to 100% when opening the app then going back down to 5-10% if i dont have msedge or any browsers opened. just asking :)
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