My Macbook Pro shuts down after a few minutes of using.

It shuts off after 10 minutes or less of using.  I can feel that my laptop is hot around the ports area and I am using almost every port.  Could that be the cause of the shut off  because of overheating?  My settings for battery and screen saver are turned off and I am plugged in with the power adapter.  Please help it's frustrating to do any work when this keeps happening.  Thanks in advance.

It would help if you would indicate the exact model of your MBP and the OS you are using.
Open Activity Monitor and look for any applications that may be using a lot of CPU resources.
Install iStat pro and see what kind of temperatures your MBP is generating, especially the CPU.
Please post back.
Ciao.

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