Surface Pro 4 type cover suddenly not working.

Ok - solved this for myself. Tried everything here and elsewhere.

Locked out my surface pro 4 cover keyboard and touchpad even though I know it works fine.

I managed to lock it out with a program called driver booster. Thank you soooooo much Driver Booster !

My solution that worked for me;

You will need to -

A) Be sure that in device manager you see the "surface type cover filter device" driver listed under keyboards.

Your device manager should be like -

Devices:

---blah Devices

---blah More Devices

----Keyboards;

HID keyboard driver
HID keyboard driver
Surface type cover Filter Device (a driver)<------this needs to be showing

Excuse me please (if details not perfect) as doing this from my (bad) memory :)

If you have this you are good to go to part B.

B)

Still in device manager goto Human Interface Devices

Devices:

---blah Devices

---blah More Devices

---Human Interface Devices

heaps of devices

heaps of devices

wacom (anything labelled wacom right at the bottom)<------------------you need something labelled wacom for this fix to work.

Uninstall the wacom driver in Human Interface Devices.!!!!VERY IMPORTANT ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE

A SURFACE PRO 4 (or possibly a 3 but not a 2).

Make sure you delete the associated wacom driver too.

Wait about 30 seconds to a minute. When I was doing all this I had my keyboard connected.

Now to win a cigar :) you go back the keyboard section of the device manager and

by following part B) your computer will delete

the ; Surface type cover Filter Device (a driver) from part A by itself :).

So if after 30 or so seconds you see the computer has deleted Surface type cover Filter Device from Part A) goto part C

C) Still in Device manager (after a few minutes) rescan for new hardware (top menu of device manager) and viola You got your keyboard back.?? I didnt even need to reboot.

The thing is apparently microsoft phased out the Human Interface Device-wacom driver after the surface pro 2.

In my case driver booster installed it. I checked and my surface keyboard cover was linked to a wacom device when I had the issue.

I have no idea if this will help you but good luck to you!

Thanks mate..

I have looking for two days. And fortunately found your comment.

It solved my type cover problem. You are better than Microsoft Support Centre. 😊👍

Hi - I'll have a virtual beer thanks :)

So glad it worked for you !!!! Cheers from Western Australia !!

Man, this was freakin' aces! It worked! Like you said, no need to reboot, even.
I'd totally buy you a beer!
Thanks a lot!

Ok - solved this for myself. Tried everything here and elsewhere.

Locked out my surface pro 4 cover keyboard and touchpad even though I know it works fine.

I managed to lock it out with a program called driver booster. Thank you soooooo much Driver Booster !

My solution that worked for me;

You will need to -

A) Be sure that in device manager you see the "surface type cover filter device" driver listed under keyboards.

Your device manager should be like -

Devices:

---blah Devices

---blah More Devices

----Keyboards;

          HID keyboard driver  
          HID keyboard driver  
          Surface type cover Filter Device (a driver)<------this needs to be showing

Excuse me please (if details not perfect) as doing this from my (bad) memory :)

If you have this you are good to go to part B.

B)

Still in device manager goto Human Interface Devices

Devices:

---blah Devices

---blah More Devices

  ---**Human Interface Devices**

                  heaps of devices

                 heaps of devices

                 wacom (anything labelled wacom right at the bottom)<------------------you need something labelled wacom for this fix to work. 

Uninstall the wacom driver in Human Interface Devices.!!!!VERY IMPORTANT ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE

A SURFACE PRO 4 (or possibly a 3 but not a 2).

Make sure you delete the associated wacom driver too.

Wait about 30 seconds to a minute. When I was doing all this I had my keyboard connected.

Now to win a cigar :) you go back the keyboard section of the device manager and

by following part B) your computer will delete

the ; Surface type cover Filter Device (a driver) from part A by itself :).

**** So if after 30 or so seconds you see the computer has deleted Surface type cover Filter Device from Part A) goto part C

C) Still in Device manager (after a few minutes) rescan for new hardware (top menu of device manager) and viola You got your keyboard back.?? I didnt even need to reboot.

The thing is apparently microsoft phased out the Human Interface Device-wacom driver after the surface pro 2.

In my case driver booster installed it. I checked and my surface keyboard cover was linked to a wacom device when I had the issue.

I have no idea if this will help you but good luck to you!

Hi Barb,

My surface pro 4 type cover works in the UEFI, meaning that I can use the trackpad only.

I have installed the latest surface driver and have up-to date windows 10.

In device manager i can see my surface type cover. I even checked in view devices and printers and i can see the surface cover type.

But the issue is that i cannot use the type cover at all, nothing works.

What i have found in the devices and printers is that under unspecified group there is surface integration service.

Is there any solution for this?