Macs running OS X Tiger 10.4.4 keep shutting themselves down!

We have a no. of macs connected to an OS X Tiger server and at the same time everyday, one by one the macs drop off the network and then shut themselves down! It's exactly 5 minute intervals between each mac. Has anyone had any shut down problems with Tiger. There are macs with OS 9 installed, and they do the same thing. The macs run fine during the day and it starts happening between 5.30pm and 6.00pm. Surely if there was a power problem all the macs would shut down immediately. The software settings have been checked and they are not congfigured to shut down at a certain time. The server has no configuration to shutdown nor control the clients. We are stumped! Help please anyone?

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu and check the processor.
If it's a Core Duo Mac, click here, install the DVD, and run Software Update.
If it's a Core 2 Duo Mac, follow the Core Duo instructions and then buy a download code for Lion from the online Apple Store.
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ive never posted here on the forums so I apologise in advance
basically I have a 15" MacBook Pro for about two years now.
i think this is important?:
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version 10.9.4
2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
anyway
long story short everything just went downhill when i upgraded to Mavericks I think it's called. Wooooooooow my mac went slower.
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cheers x

Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:5:39
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA disk0 : (750.16 GB)
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.16 GB (490.16 GB free)
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