Automatic updates have long been the enemy for Windows 10 users.
They used to be forced upon people, locking them out of their computers until they were completed, causing a huge uproar among those that urgently had to get work done.
Microsoft appeared to head the complaints of its users by allowing users to snooze updates indefinitely.
However people still found there were instances they found themselves locked out of their computer while attempting to get work done.
But Microsoft is changing Windows 10 again and is hoping it will finally make user frustrations at updates a thing of the past.
The tech giant is promising to “alleviate this pain” and claims to have created a “predictive model” that will forecast when an update should take place.
This means the computer will allegedly notice when the user is attempting to complete a particularly heavy workflow and avoid restarting or updating during this period.
In a blog post, Dona Sarkar, the head of the Windows Insider Program, and Brandon LeBlanc, a senior program manager at Microsoft, jointly wrote: “Have you ever had to stop what you were doing, or wait for your computer to boot up because the device updated at the wrong time?
“We heard you, and to alleviate this pain, if you have an update pending we’ve updated our reboot logic to use a new system that is more adaptive and proactive.
“We trained a predictive model that can accurately predict when the right time to restart the device is.
“Meaning, that we will not only check if you are currently using your device before we restart, but we will also try to predict if you had just left the device to grab a cup of coffee and return shortly after.”
The pair from Microsoft insisted the company has seen “promising results” from the new model and thanked a “cloud infrastructure” for the update.
They went on: “We’ve been using this model on internal devices, and we’ve seen promising results upon rollout.
“Due to the nature of its architecture, we’re able to update the model with minimal turnaround time based on our insights from its performance. It’s all thanks to our cloud infrastructure.”
Microsoft is also testing new Windows 10 features that include new emojis, improvements to Microsoft Edge and numerous bug fixes.
The tech giant plans to release the host of new functionality within the first half of next year.
But those who are keen to test out the features are able to access them right now if they are a Windows 10 Insider program member.