*This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google warranty paid exchange". MVP The person replied that is my decision. This award recognizes someone who has achieved high tech and professional accomplishments as an expert in a specific topic. Will wait till tomorrow then. Opened my SP3 this morning, type cover wouldn't work. Robert, that is my next step, for sure.
Maybe some type of update. Select the search box in the taskbar, enter device manager, and select Device Manager in the results. Does an external keyboard work, if so you can try to run find new hardware wizzard. You are spot on when the problem arose and it is good to see Microsoft have responded to it eventuallyMy problem continues because I installed a complete reset on 6 March having tried everything I could before then and the microsoft response was released virtually the same day!That means I no longer have the offending upgrade (KB4074588) on my system and when I run KB4090913 I get "update not applicable"I have tried removing all updates since 6 March but no luck.I have used the Surface Diagnostic Kit for the nth time but it just keeps installing updatesThe only thing it does keep reporting is a problem with detecting multi touch points which I only mention in case it gives you a clue (it is referred to in my device specification)I have a working type cover as I have tested it on my daughters surfaceEven if I try to install the drivers with, or without, either surface cover in position it will not install "Surface Type Cover Filter Device" driverI have spent time trying to install via the zip file but cannot identify how to do it (and I thought I was a reasonably competent amateur) or precisely which of the ZIP files is correct as they all refer to needing "HID_Keyboard _inst.NT" which I believe
Hence my numerous attempts to install the driver for Type Cover Keyboard but to no avail. Thanks, guys. I did a full reinstall of OS and volume up + power button for a few seconds. Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary SurfaceForums.net is not affiliated with, maintained, authorized, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft..

Experts-Exchange has never let me down yet! This thread is locked. Select Uninstall > OK. I have done probably all the popular suggestions today including the 2 button reset, cleaning of the connection terminals and windows update but to no avail. Is there an easy way to reinstall 1803? It has hardly been used (40 charge cycles) and has developed the same fault. I can't force anyone from Microsoft to respond, let alone fixthe issue. You must log in or register to reply here. And then open the properties of each associated device and click on Uninstall for each device.

filter device was missing in device manager, only the HID keyboard device is listed. Now volume button is working.Oh nice. d. Select Uninstall > OK. e. Restart your Surface. Surface restarts and the Surface logo displays while the reset process You can refer to the You will need a 16GB USB stick formatted FAT32.Unzip/extract the recovery zip to the formatted USB stick and then-Step 1:    Make sure your Surface is turned off and plugged in (hold down the powerStep 2:     Insert the USB recovery drive into the USB port on your Surface.Step 3:    Press and hold the volume-down button while you press and release theStep 4:     When the Surface logo appears, release the volume button.Step 5:    When prompted, select the language and keyboard layout you want.