My computer is turning itself off after about 5 minutes. Why?

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Reply to: Posted by Dan at June 28, 2004 9:32 PM: For the person who asked the original question, it might be as simple as the power setting. Right click on the desktop, go to Properties, screen saver, then power settings. There should be many different options.

Reply: Thank you, Dan!!! I took your advice and yes, it was a simple solution. I right clicked on Desktop, then clicked on Properties - Screen saver. In Monitor Power at bottom, clicked on Power. Therein lay the problem! All four settings were set to turn my computer off after a designated time. I did not choose these settings. Bought this computer new in 2005 and the "turning itself off thing" had NEVER happened until recently. I'll probably never know what caused the setting changes. A similar thing was happening with my sound. The sound would cease .....then I discovered that the Volume Control was sometimes muting itself or the SW Synth Volume was sliding to the bottom .....or both! Again, have no idea why! I now keep a Volume Control icon in the Taskbar for convenience if it mutes again. The icon must have scared it because the volume hasn't turned itself off in a looooong time. :-) Again, Dan, many thanks for your suggestion! ~Joyce

my computer off itself after 30ty munits i chaque my os & all hardware devices but there is no problem, how can i recover it?

Check you CPU temperature, if you set your laptop battery bios cpu temperature protect as 70 degree, when the CPU temperature over 70 degree, it will close.

Maybe you need to change your CPU fan.

MY COMPUTER WAS TURNED ON AND IT WENT TO THE WINDOWS SCREEN AND THEN SHUT DOWN AND THEN TURNED ITSELF BACK ON SO WHEN I NOTICED IT KEPT REPEATING I JUST PULLED THE BATTERY OUT. THEN WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON IT TURNED OFF WITHIN 2 SECONDS AND JUST GOES ON AND OFF UNTIL U PULL THE BATTERY OUT AGAIN...I CANNOT POSSIBLY LOGIN TO VIRUS SCAN...IS IT TOO LATE???

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