My macbook keeps asking if I want to shut down, restart, etc...

It just started, but my macbook keeps asking if I want to shut down, restart, etc...
I've tried all the resetting advice I see online but nothing works...
I have a macbook 2.1/Intel Core Duo - 4GB - 10.6.8

My MacBook just recently today starts to ask me to shutdown/sleep/restart etc after 1 minute of idling. I've reset the SMC twice to no avail. I checked my power settings and everything else and nothing is out of the ordinary. I've looked online and other people have experienced similar problems. Just wondering if anyone have found a solution to this?

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