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🚀 WinPower Control Center — v0.2

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@Byteme-dot Byteme-dot released this 21 Mar 17:28
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v0.2
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✨ New Features

  • Added Windows Power Plan Control

    • Eco → Power Saver
    • Balanced → Balanced
    • Performance → High Performance
    • Ultimate Performance → Ultimate Performance

  • Introduced Admin Privilege Handling

    • Detects if app is running as administrator
    • “Run as Admin” button with UAC prompt
    • Safe relaunch mechanism

  • Added Power Scheme Sync Toggle

    • Checkbox to enable/disable system-level control
    • Prevents accidental changes without permission

🧠 Improvements

  • Cleaner separation of logic (admin handling module)
  • Better UI feedback for active mode
  • Improved button interaction and styling
  • Smoother value updates for temps and fan speeds

🛠 Technical Changes

  • Integrated powercfg using QProcess
  • Implemented Windows API for privilege escalation
  • Fixed build system & deployment issues (Qt DLL handling)

⚠️ Notes

  • Requires administrator privileges for power plan changes
  • Currently uses simulated hardware values
  • Real hardware control planned for future versions

🎯 What's Next (v0.3)

  • Detect current system power plan automatically
  • Real hardware monitoring (CPU/GPU sensors)
  • UI improvements and graphs

Built as part of a learning journey into system-level applications using C++ and Qt.

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