LeCoreOS 11 Control Center 0.8.5

The desktop shortcut opens a native WPF window using Windows PowerShell 5.1 x64 and built-in Windows .NET components. No browser, WebView2, .NET download, resident service or tray agent is required for this app. The app itself does not autostart; the optional wallpaper rotation uses a brief sign-in command. The approved silver/orange LC basketball logo is used for the shortcut and window. The window requests the documented native dark title bar.

Controls

Page Controls
Overview Prepare gaming session; one-time process/memory/hardware snapshot; security running summary
Gaming Prepare gaming session; twelve processor-scheduling Apply choices with visible explanations, recommended Programs 0x26, original-value Restore and a guide; Game Mode Enable/Disable; HAGS Enable/Disable; one Max Performance plan with one-hour display and sleep timers; separate Fortnite Low/Far and VALORANT Low profiles, independent restore and saved in-game choices; NVIDIA per-game/AMD global driver controls and recovery; configured-state orange selections; local latency report; Fortnite numeric cap; add a game EXE to GPU preferences; display and mouse settings
PC settings Wi-Fi/Bluetooth radio On/Off on supported hardware; connect/pair; Ethernet, audio, controllers, USB, startup apps, Windows Update, storage, installed apps, taskbar and notifications; Brave/Discord/Chrome/Edge installation; preserve/recover desktop icons and enable Recycle Bin
Network Physical Ethernet selector; Enable RSS; interrupt moderation Enable/Disable; selected-adapter recovery; Apply/save router SQM recommendation from measured rates; loaded-latency tests and setup guide
Security HVCI Enable/Disable; VBS Enable/Disable; elevated runtime check; restore original security configuration; Windows Security
Wallpapers Neon Street Court (default), Locker Room, Gaming Room, Cosmic Court, Ferrari SF-26 and McLaren MCL40; choose a scene or switch automatic rotation On/Off
Recovery User and machine recovery, original HVCI/VBS, service-host isolation, GPU, Max Performance and Ethernet journals, printing/indexing, removed apps, inventory, logs and the advanced console

Changes are made only when a control is chosen. There is no automatic tuning. Actions run in a separate worker so the window remains responsive. Elevated operations use normal UAC and the same gaming account/SID. The GUI accepts only a fixed action list and validated numeric parameters; it does not execute user-provided command strings. Game paths are literal file arguments. Only the active action is polled, and only while the app is open. No reboot is issued. A restart banner appears after relevant successful actions.

Security switches

Configured registry values and running Win32_DeviceGuard status are shown separately. A saved setting is not proof of a running feature. Restart and refresh after a change. If runtime status is unavailable, the app says Unknown and offers an elevated check rather than assuming Off.

HVCI Enable also requests VBS, keeps an existing Secure Boot + DMA requirement, uses the documented unlocked registry configuration and records the BootId recovery safeguard. Check incompatible drivers in Windows Security before enabling it. Hardware/firmware prerequisites can still prevent activation.

HVCI Disable requests only memory integrity Off. VBS Enable requests VBS On without automatically turning on HVCI. VBS Disable requests VBS and HVCI Off, but refuses if Credential Guard or another VBS protection is configured or running. The app refuses managed Device Guard policy, firmware/mandatory locks, and security disable under enforced App Control. It does not change TPM, Secure Boot, BIOS virtualization, Defender, boot configuration or optional Windows features. No security switch is applied during AME installation.

Vanguard may require HVCI/VBS. Disabling it can block VALORANT. These switches are tools for manual configuration and comparison; no FPS improvement is claimed for disabling protection on this PC.

Every changed value is saved before mutation in the same-account security journal at C:\ProgramData\LeGameOS\Security.json. Repeated toggles retain the first original. Restore preserves absent values and original types. The dedicated restore button and full machine recovery include this journal. Managed-policy or firmware changes introduced later can prevent recovery; the app reports the refusal and keeps the journal for review.

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Radio controls use Windows.Devices.Radios. Access is requested from the interactive app only when a toggle is chosen; the result is cached for the session. Non-Allowed results are reported. Hardware state is read again after an accepted request; an accepted request is not labeled On/Off until the reported hardware state matches. Multiple radios of the selected kind are controlled together. Bluetooth Off disconnects wireless input/audio devices, and Wi-Fi Off can disconnect network access.

Hardware switches, driver limitations or policy can block radio controls. Connect and Pair devices open the supported native Windows settings pages. Services and PnP devices are not disabled to simulate a radio toggle.

Wallpapers and diagnostics

There are exactly six designs: Locker Room, Grand Library, Cosmic Court, Grand Prix Lounge, Carbon Apex and Neon Street Court. Neon Street Court is the third new attachment and the installation default. Each image has the small bottom-right Made by LeSamsky credit. All are static 3840x2160 resampled exports; the app decodes smaller previews to reduce open-window memory use.

Automatic rotation is On by default on first installation of the feature. The first sign-in keeps Neon Street Court, and subsequent sign-ins advance one option in a repeating six-image sequence. This includes sign-in after restart and shutdown/power-on, and full sign-out/sign-in. Lock/unlock and sleep do not trigger the Run key. A disabled startup app, managed Windows policy or delayed startup can prevent or delay the change. The app's PC settings page opens Windows Startup apps to inspect this.

Rotation is applied at the next sign-in rather than during shutdown, when there is no active desktop to display. A single hidden PowerShell command sets the static wallpaper and exits; no wallpaper player, service, persistent tray process or continuous polling is installed. The rotation fast path does not query WMI or load the graphical app. Choosing Off removes only the owned startup value and holds the selected image. Choosing a scene manually changes the next rotation starting point. No security settings are changed by rotation. The original Run value, rotation values and wallpaper preferences are saved in the user recovery journal. A restored profile is not reactivated by a stale startup invocation. Settings writers use a per-user mutex to avoid concurrent startup/GUI journal writes.

Desktop and gaming session

The installer preserves existing personal/shared desktop icons and adds missing app links. It shows Recycle Bin in both Explorer desktop views and retires the previous release's owned icon-hiding values where they still match. Previously archived shortcuts are recovered from available backups only where their target paths are free. Recovery does not overwrite newer shortcut files. Personal documents and folders remain in place.

Enable Recycle Bin icon applies the backed-up per-account visibility settings. Apply desktop recovery restores available old personal shortcuts and adds missing app links. Restore shared shortcuts uses elevation to recover old shared shortcuts from protected hash-checked backups. No cleanup/removal action remains in this release. Explorer may need a desktop refresh before redrawing an icon. Windows Themes opens the native icon options when needed.

The app's branding tagline is cooked by LeSamsky. Functional labels remain descriptive. The six wallpapers and their existing credits are retained. An existing Gaming Session shortcut is preserved. Prepare gaming session remains available in Overview/Gaming: it closes only the small optional Windows overlay list and selects the older Gaming plan unless Max Performance is already active. It keeps controller/audio/capture tools and does not open a guide when called from the app.

Maximum-performance power

The installer activates LeCoreOS 11 Max Performance. Its five AC gaming values are identical to v0.7.0's Max Performance profile: CPU minimum/maximum 100%, energy preference 0, PCIe link power saving Off and USB selective suspend Off where supported. CPU affinity, boost, timers, BIOS and driver policies are not changed.

Display-off and PC-sleep idle timers are 3600 seconds (1 hour) on both AC and battery. Other battery values remain inherited. Windows hardware, app power requests and organization policies may affect actual sleep behavior.

This is the only gaming plan offered in the app. Before removing the other listed Windows/OEM plans, LeCoreOS exports every one to protected, hashed .pow backups. A failed export stops removal. Recovery → Restore original power plans reimports missing original plans before switching away from Max and removing it. Updates or other software can add plans later; Apply backs those up as well.

Higher heat and power use can affect sustained performance. No plan guarantees identical measured latency across drivers or game updates.

Ethernet and bufferbloat

Read Network guide. The new page has separate controls and readback for standard RSS and interrupt moderation on a selected physical 802.3 adapter. Wi-Fi, VPN, virtual switches and other media do not receive this preset. Original values are saved in protected Network.json before driver writes, and first originals survive repeated toggles. No automatic adapter restart occurs; restart Windows and retest. Unknown/unsupported controls are disabled. Orange identifies configured values, not runtime operation or ping improvement.

Recovery requires the original adapter GUID, PnP identity and driver version, checks the advertised values and reads back restored values. After a driver/hardware replacement, recovery refuses to write old values to a different target and keeps the backup for manual inspection. The separate recovery button and full machine recovery include this journal.

The SQM controls save a local, same-account recommendation using 90% of your measured stable down/up speeds. Orange means plan saved, not SQM enabled. Configure the router according to the guide; the app has no router credentials and does not modify it. Browser tests open only on your click and consume internet data. DNS, MTU, IPv6, TCP heuristics, offloads and router configuration are not blindly overridden.

Browser installation

Brave and Discord remain optional selected AME choices. Chrome and Edge are new separate unchecked choices. The app has Install/Retry buttons for all four; orange means a supported executable was found. Existing applications are kept without forced upgrades or browser-default changes. Normal update mechanisms remain. Brave/Discord use user scope; Chrome/Edge use their advertised machine scope and require elevation. Exact WinGet IDs, standard source, silent installation and integrity checks are retained. Hash failures halt with a logged error rather than bypassing verification. Installing multiple browsers can add their normal update services.

The dashboard count includes the open app and snapshot worker. For an idle measurement, choose Recovery > Measure idle processes, close this app, then press Enter in the console to begin. The measurement counts every process, including its own PowerShell process. Reports stay local.

Validation boundary

PowerShell parsing, XML/XAML structure, fixed operation dispatch, mocked rotation/desktop preservation and legacy recovery, mocked security prerequisites/refusals, backup/restore logic and archive integrity are checked locally. This Linux environment cannot execute WPF, COM desktop shortcuts, UAC, WinRT radios or Windows registry changes. A real Windows 11 test is still required for rendering, interaction, device behavior and game compatibility. Count, FPS and input-delay improvements are not measured here.

Primary sources

Version 0.8.1 game and GPU controls

Read Game profiles. Orange indicates matching/selected configuration, not measured latency or game runtime acceptance. Matching is read back after operations; clicking alone never sets the active color. Driver actions use UAC and a separate protected GpuProfiles.json journal. Full machine recovery includes it. NVIDIA inheritance is preserved; AMD recovery uses the original reported PNP identity. Unavailable driver APIs disable their buttons without a private-registry fallback. An empty NVIDIA association may remain after recovery; unrelated driver settings are preserved.

Saved game presets live only under the current user's LeCoreOS 11 Presets folder. They capture existing allowed graphics entries, not controls or credentials. Some game/cloud options remain manual. HAGS and compact hosting are opt-in for new installs. Existing settings are not reset merely by unchecking an AME box.

0.8.4 latency controls

Gaming now has Apply competitive base, Restore scheduler, Compare AC unparking and Restore core parking, with brief hover help and orange matching-state buttons. See Latency setup. Configuration is not a latency measurement. The working native theme bridge is retained.

0.8.4 latency controls

Gaming now has Apply competitive base, Restore scheduler, Compare AC unparking and Restore core parking, with brief hover help and orange matching-state buttons. See Latency setup. Configuration is not a latency measurement. The working native theme bridge is retained.

Processor scheduling

Read the simple scheduling guide. Programs 0x26 is the recommended starting point, not a measured universal winner. Every option has visible help above its Apply button. The small 0.8.5 app updater preserves your current tuning. Orange marks matching stored values; restart after Apply or Restore. Processor scheduling, MMCSS and core parking each have separate recovery controls. No extra service or resident task is installed.