text: why does my computer keep shutting down on me? sometimes my coumputer will shutdown on me in the middle of something and i have to keep restarting it what can cuse it to do this? by your short description i would guess that your computer is over heating.  to better understand your problem, would you be so kind as to answer the following.  how often does this happen? what are your computer specs? how long after the computer is turned on, does it usualy restart? when did you first notice this problem?  hope this helps,