Surface Type Cover Filter Device Install

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  1. Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing
  2. Surface Type Cover Filter Device Installers

Now you can download the cumulative drivers and firmware update for the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 in case you need it. This download can be handy when you need to do a clean install or troubleshoot driver problems on your Surface Pro 6. On top of that, it’s really important as well in a corporate environment where multiple Surface Pro 6 devices need to be installed.

Microsoft will update the download regularly, so make sure you check back the Download page again when you need it. However, if you have access to the Internet, Microsoft recommends you better get drivers and firmware update via Windows Update instead.

  1. The package provides the installation files for Microsoft Surface 3 Type Cover Integration Driver version 1.1.362.0. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version.
  2. Right-click Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Select Uninstall OK. Restart your Surface. It'll automatically download and install the Surface Type Cover driver the next time you connect to the Internet.
  3. For Surface Type Cover. Select the search box in the taskbar, enter device manager, and select Device Manager in the results. Expand Keyboards. Right-click Surface Type Cover Filter Device. Select Uninstall OK. Restart your Surface. It'll automatically download and install the Surface Cover driver the next time you connect to the Internet.

Cumulative and current firmware and drivers for the Surface Pro 6. This firmware and driver package contains drivers for all of the components in the Surface Pro 6, as well as updates to the system firmware that have been released via Windows Update. These drivers and firmware are compatible with Windows 10, including Enterprise versions, The driver MSI files include all of the drivers and firmware needed to deploy custom images of Windows on your Surface devices.

1 Surface Pro 6 drivers and firmware: How to download the updates

Here is how you can download the Surface Pro 6’s drivers and firmware:

  1. Go to Download Surface Pro 6 Drivers and Firmware page.
  2. Click the Download button.
    Note Here is the format of each update file name:
    [Surface Model]_[Windows Version]_[Minimum Build Requirement]_[Driver Release Number]_[Upload Number].[Extension].
  3. Check all files you want to download and click Next.
  4. Confirm your download by click Save.

2 Surface Pro 6 drivers and firmware: How to manually install the updates

After you finish downloading the file, you can now start the installation process by:

  1. Double-click the downloaded .msi file.
  2. It will show the installation screen. Click Next to continue.
  3. Accept the agreement and click Next to continue.
  4. Choose the installation path. Click Next to continue.
  5. Click Install to start the installation.
  6. It may take up to ten minutes to finish the installation. After that click Finish to close the setup.
  7. You’ll also need to Restart your Surface Pro 6 to finish updating your system. Click Yes to restart your device.

3 Surface Pro 6 drivers and firmware: How to verify the installation

If you are not sure whether you have previously installed or which version do you have on your device, you can check your the current installation by:

  1. Open Settings > Apps > Apps & features.
  2. Now looking for “SurfacePro6 Update xx_xxx_xx (64 bit)”.

Symptoms:

  • 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.

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Install

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Missing

To correct this issue, complete the following steps:

Surface Type Cover Filter Device Installers

  1. Open Control Panel and navigate to ‘Hardware and Sound’ and then ‘Devices and Printers’.
  2. Select the Surface Type Cover and open the properties for this device. Select the ‘Hardware’ tab on the dialog:
  3. In turn, select each of the device functions shown in the list and click the ‘Properties’ button:
  4. 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’:
  5. Ensure this has been completed for all device functions shown in the list, then close the main properties dialog.
  6. Open the Device Manager for the computer, right-click the computer name at the top and select ‘Scan for Hardware Changes’.
  7. 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.
  8. 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’:
  9. As soon as this driver is installed, the Type Cover should start working again. In my case no reboot was required.