The latest round of improvements, announced in a blog post titled "Your Windows update experience just got updated," should make those infuriating moments a thing of the past. But don't celebrate just yet -- they have to go through a full round of testing in the Windows Insider program before they reach the general public.

I've enabled the new Windows Update experience on a test PC running the latest build from the Windows Insider Experimental channel (formerly known as Dev), and I can confirm that at least one option is working now, although it won't be possible to see the rest of the changes in action until the next round of updates are available.

For years, Microsoft has offered the ability to pause updates for up to 35 days, using a drop-down menu on the Windows Update page with options ranging from 1 week to 5 weeks. But when that pause ended, no more delays were possible.

The new interface lets you choose a specific date from a calendar control on the Windows Update page, up to 35 days in advance.