After a minute of inactivity shut down menu appears? And will shut down if not cancelled.

My macbook will ask to shutdown after a minute of inactivity - including if I'm watching a video. If I don't cancel it will proceed with shutdown. I have adjusted the screensaver setttings and that is not the issue. I have done all the software updates.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

Check System Preferences > Security > General; there is an option to log out after a period of inactivity.

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After 30 minutes of inactivity my MBP attempts to shut down. An open app, like Safari, will prevent the shut down process from completing. This has been going on for a year and I have not found any way to prevent it. I have tried resetting PRAM, looked in System preferences, updated OS with every dot release and have not been successful.
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Maybe I am nit-picky, however ... If I select to log me out of the system, making it harder for someone who might steal my MacBook to harvest data from it, as long as I leave the screen in the upright position, I will be back at the login prompt in "N" minutes.
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