Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing In Device Manager

If restarting and re-attaching doesn't fix the problem, try reinstalling the driver for your Surface Cover. Microsoft office 2016 yosemite 10.10.5.

For Surface Type Cover

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I have two users who have Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (Win 10 Pro x64 ver 1709) with type covers and surface docks. Both of them had issues this morning where the type cover didn't work nor did the USB keyboard and mouse plugged into the dock (the external monitor and ethernet ports on the docks were working). Looking in Device Manager I noticed this.

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing In Device Manager Salary

  1. Select the search box in the taskbar, enter device manager, and select Device Manager in the results.

  2. Expand Keyboards.

  3. Right-click Surface Type Cover Filter Device.

  4. Select Uninstall > OK.

  5. Restart your Surface. It'll automatically download and install the Surface Cover driver the next time you connect to the Internet.

  • After a recent surface pro 4 firmware update, my 'surface type cover filter device' driver disappeared, and my type cover no longer works. I have tried doing a restart, hard restart, uninstalling the existing keyboard drivers and clicking on scan for hardware changes, but the surface type cover filter device doesn't come back.
  • I did this and got my HID keyboard Device to update into 'Surface Type Cover Filter Device' but the keypad and trackpad still dont work. It will light up if I press any key. And the keyboard does work in the bios, entered by holding down power and vol up, but doesnt do anything but light up after windows loads.

For Surface Book Mavericks 10.9.2.

  1. Select the search box in the taskbar, enter device manager, and select Device Manager in the results

  2. Expand Keyboards.

  3. Right-click *NEED DRIVER NAME*

  4. Select Uninstall > OK.
    Note: There are two drivers listed. One for the Clipboard battery, and one for the keyboard battery. Perform steps 3 and 4 on both drivers listed.

  5. Restart your Surface. It'll automatically download and install the Surface Keyboard drivers the next time you connect to the Internet.

Did this work? Test your keyboard in an available app like Microsoft Sticky Notes , or Notepad. Use the same program throughout your troubleshooting.

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing In Device Manager Description

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