Overview
What is WinControl?
WinControl : Set up a power option to be triggered at an exact date and time, which can mean shutting down the computer or restart, through an effortless operation
In depth
A closer look at WinControl
Working on a computer on a daily basis doesn’t just mean sitting all day, and it requires a lot of mental effort. Chances are you forget about some basic thing, such as shutting down your computer when done. Luckily, you can rely on specialized applications like WinControl to schedule these sorts of power options. The application comes in a pretty lightweight package, which means, on the one hand, that you don’t have to go through a setup process to make it work. On the other hand, it’s also possible to have it stored on a USB flash drive to use wherever necessary. Just make sure that the computer you use it on is already equipped with .NET Framework As far as the visual style goes, there’s not a lot of effort invested in the design, but this doesn’t make the application difficult to figure out. A bunch of controls are at your disposal to easily set the desired action, which can be shutdown, restart, or lock, as well as a couple of fields to set the date and time when the action to be performed.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP
Verdict
Should you download WinControl?
WinControl runs on
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 6 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Visual Basic and .NET.
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At a glance
WinControl specifications
- Publisher
-
RomSoft
- Last updated
- Feb 24, 2025
- Requirements
- Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 6 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 672
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