Symptoms:
Surface Type Cover Filter Device - Driver Download. Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Hardware Class: Keyboard. In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options. On the Security tab, click the Trusted Sites icon. Click Sites and then add these website addresses one at a time to the list: You can only add one address at a time and you must click Add after each one.
- Following imaging with Windows 10 1903 using Configuration Manager OSD, the Type Cover doesn’t work at all (keyboard, trackpad).
- When rebooting the machine, the keyboard and trackpad both work when in the BIOS.
- When imaging the machine, both the keyboard and trackpad work in Windows PE.
The Surface Pro 3 was imaged and then patched up-to-date and the most recent Surface Pro 3 drivers available from Microsoft were applied, however the issue persisted.
To correct this issue, complete the following steps:
- Open Control Panel and navigate to ‘Hardware and Sound’ and then ‘Devices and Printers’.
- Select the Surface Type Cover and open the properties for this device. Select the ‘Hardware’ tab on the dialog:
- In turn, select each of the device functions shown in the list and click the ‘Properties’ button:
- Click the ‘Change Settings’ button, then from the dialog that is shown select ‘Uninstall Device’. If offered the option to delete the driver software for this device, ensure that the checkbox to do so is selected (not all devices offer this option) and click ‘Uninstall’:
- Ensure this has been completed for all device functions shown in the list, then close the main properties dialog.
- Open the Device Manager for the computer, right-click the computer name at the top and select ‘Scan for Hardware Changes’.
- Expand the firmware section within Device Manager. For each of the items shown, right click the item and select ‘Update Driver’. Click ‘Search automatically for updated driver software’ from the dialog that is shown:
Note that if you’ve installed the latest Surface Pro 3 drivers, none of the firmware items shown are likely to be updated, but attempt to update each item. If you’ve not installed the latest drivers, the firmware list may have more generic titles which will be updated as the appropriate firmware is applied. - Repeat the process of updating the driver for each item under the Keyboards section of the Device Manager. Note that even with the most recent driver pack installed, all of these entries on the device I was working on were the generic ‘HID Keyboard Device’. We don’t know which one of the keyboard devices listed is the Type Cover, however when you get to the correct one you’ll that the driver that is installed is listed as ‘Surface Type Cover Filter Device’:
- As soon as this driver is installed, the Type Cover should start working again. In my case no reboot was required.
If you are in a situation that you can’t get access to the internet on your Surface PC, you will need to download its drivers and firmware update somewhere else to offline update your Surface device. The download can also be handy when you need to do a clean install or troubleshoot driver problems of your Surface devices.
The following links will bring you to the corresponding individual Microsoft Surface drivers and firmware download page. Through the Microsoft official download page, you can download the latest drivers and firmware for your Surface.
1Quick links to download drivers and firmware updates for all Microsoft Surface PCs
| Surface Model | Naming Format | Download Link |
|---|---|---|
| Surface RT | Only available via Windows Update | Not Available |
| Surface 2 | Only available via Windows Update | Not Available |
| Surface 3 | Surface3_WiFi_Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface 3 (LTE) | Surface3_Mobile version_Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Pro | SurfacePro_ Windows version_ year month day.zip | Download |
| Surface Pro 2 | SurfacePro2_ Windows version_ year month day.zip | Download |
| Surface Pro 3 | SurfacePro3_ Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Pro 4 | SurfacePro4_ Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Pro (2017) | SurfacePro_ Windows version_Windows build_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Book | SurfaceBook_ Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Book with Performance Base | SurfaceBook_ Windows version_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Laptop | SurfaceLaptop_ Windows version_Windows build_ year month day.msi | Download |
| Surface Studio | SurfaceStudio_Windows version_Windows build_year month day.msi | Download |
2How to install Surface drivers and firmware update
Depending on which Surface model you have, the steps to install Surface drivers and firmware are in similar ways.
- After you download, you can install the drivers and firmware by open the file you downloaded
- It will show the installation screen. Click Next to continue.
- It will ask you to accept the agreement. Accept and click Next to continue.
- Choose installation path. Click Next to continue.
- Finally, click Install to start the drivers and firmware installation progress.
- After finish installation, you will need to restart your Surface Pro to finish updating your system.
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