Question: why does my laptop keep shutting down while i'm working offline or online? a pop up box will appear saying i need to save my work and will be shutting down in seconds. This happens alot. any suggestions. gateway laptop. windows home xp software.

Answer: I've had this problem with my laptop as well. I tried looking for every problem I could think of--viruses, malfunctioning updates, spyware, or overheating. I'd suggest looking for all of these culprits first. In my case, none of these problems were responsible for my computers flaky performance, so I decided to format my hard drive and install a fresh copy of XP--now my computer works like a charm:)
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