Hey guys, I have an HP laptop, and every time I run Windows Media Player, my computer shuts down after roughly 3-5 minutes. I have no idea what the problem is. I get no error messages or anything, it just shuts off and I can restart with no problems. It is a huge pain because I have to watch lectures for my classes online and I cant watch for more than 5 mins at a time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, I have an HP laptop, and every time I run Windows Media Player, my computer shuts down after roughly 3-5 minutes. I have no idea what the problem is. I get no error messages or anything, it just shuts off and I can restart with no problems. It is a huge pain because I have to watch lectures for my classes online and I cant watch for more than 5 mins at a time. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Check your Event Viewer via Administrative Tools.

Open the System as well as Application tabs and look for red X errors that coincide with your problem. Details here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427