Surface Pro Keyboard Doesn T Work
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- Surface Pro Keyboard Not Working
- Surface Pro 4 Keyboard Doesn't Work
- Surface Pro Keyboard Doesn T Work
Why doesn't the surface cover keyboard work if the laptop is at an angle? It seems if the surface is tilted more than approx 30 degrees sideways, the keyboard/touchpad stop working. Is this by design, or is it a quirk, or is it just me?
Many Surface users are having issues with their keyboards. Their Surface keyboard or Type Cover isn’t responding properly or has become totally unresponsive.
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This is a very annoying issue. And trying to fix it can be just as annoying, because you’ll spend a lot of time reading suggestions on the Internet, and most won’t work.
But don’t worry! The following are a few methods that have helped many other Surface users fix their keyboard.
Try these fixes:
You don’t need to try them all; just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.
- Reset your Surface
Method 1: Reboot your Surface
If your Surface keyboard doesn’t work, the first thing you should try is to restart your Surface:
1)Disconnect your keyboard
2) Restart your Surface
3) Reconnect your keyboard.
If this method works for you, you will be able to use your keyboard now.
Method 2: Perform a two button shutdown
There may be corruption issues with your tablet hardware that interfere with your keyboard, and a simple restart is not enough to get rid of them. You need to perform a two button shutdown or force a shutdown to turn off your tablet completely.
You can perform a two button shutdown only if you are using a Surface Pro and Surface Book. To do so:
1) Press and hold the power button on the edge of your device for around 30 seconds and then release it.
2) Press and hold the power button and the volume-up (+) button on the edge of your Surface at the same time for about 15 seconds and then release them. (Do NOT let go the buttons when the Surface logo pops up on the screen.)
3) Wait for about 10 seconds.
4) Power on your Surface. If this methods solves your problem, your keyboard will be recovered.
* For Surface 3, 2 or RT, you need to force a shutdown instead:
Press and hold the power button of your device and release it after 10 seconds. Then power on your device to see if this method works.
Method 3: Update or reinstall your driver
The keyboard of your Surface may fail to work if you are using the wrong keyboard driver or it is out of date. So you should update or reinstall your driver to see if it fixes the problem. If you don’t have the time, patience or skills to update or reinstall the driver manually, you can do it automatically withDriver Easy.
Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing.
You can download and install your drivers by using either Free or Pro version of Driver Easy. But with the Pro version it takes only 2 clicks (and you get full support and a 30-day money back guarantee):
1) Download and Install Driver Easy.
2) Run Driver Easy and hit the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will scan out problematic drivers on your computer very quickly.
3) Click on the Update button next to your Surface keyboard to download the latest and correct driver for this device. You can also hit Update All button at the bottom right to automatically update all outdated or missing drivers on your computer (this requires the Pro version — you will be prompted to upgrade when you click on Update All).
You can also use Driver Easy to uninstall drivers (Pro version required). This is useful especially when you are trying to remove any driver causing trouble and reinstall it.
4) Restart your computer and see if this fixes your keyboard.
Method 4: Reset your Surface
There may be some faulty files or configurations on your system that cause your keyboard issue. Resetting your device can help you clear these.
1) Go to Start Menu, and select Settings.
2) Select Update & Security.
3) Select Recovery.
4) Click Get started.
5) Choose either to keep your files and apps or to remove everything. (It is recommended that you choose to keep your files first and see if this resolves your problem. If it doesn’t, do all the steps above again, and then choose to remove everything.)
6) Follow the instructions to reset your Surface.
7) Start your Surface and check if you can use your keyboard again.
Your Surface isn’t really complete without a Touch or Type Cover keyboard. Combined with the Surface’s built-in kickstand, a keyboard cover transforms your Surface into a desktop PC whenever you sit down.
But whether or not you own a keyboard, you can use the free keyboard built into every Surface: the onscreen keyboard, also called the virtual or glass keyboard.
Typing on glass has its challenges. First, the keyboard covers the bottom half of your screen, hiding half of your workspace. Second, you can’t feel whether you’ve hit the right key.
On the positive side, each key clicks and lights up when tapped, offering positive reinforcement that you’ve hit the right one. And your Surface autocorrects fairly well; when your fumbling fingers type thw, your Surface automatically corrects the word to the.
The onscreen keyboard will never outperform a real keyboard for speed. But with practice, your typing speed will improve.
Summoning the onscreen keyboard
If you’ve attached your Touch or Type Cover keyboards, the onscreen keyboard stays hidden. But when your keyboard is detached or folded behind your Surface, the onscreen keyboard is ready for action.
In fact, the onscreen keyboard pops up automatically when you stay on the Start screen side of things. Tap inside the Charms bar’s Search box, for example, or inside an app that accepts text.
As you tap, the onscreen keyboard automatically fills the screen’s bottom half, ready for you to begin typing.
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The Windows desktop isn’t as friendly, unfortunately; tapping in a text box doesn’t automatically summon the onscreen keyboard. You must manually summon the keyboard by tapping the desktop’s keyboard icon (shown in the margin) on the taskbar along the bottom edge.
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The keyboard looks and behaves much like a real keyboard, with many of the same keys. Position your fingers over the keys the best you can and start typing. As you type, the letters appear onscreen.
Typing on glass is completely foreign to many people, and it’s an oddly unsettling experience. Try these tips when typing for the first few days:
Tap the Shift key to type an uppercase letter. (The Shift key automatically turns off after you’ve typed that first letter.) To turn on the Shift Lock, tap the Shift key twice. When you’re through typing uppercase letters, tap the Shift key again to turn off Shift Lock.
If you’re accustomed to pressing keyboard commands like Ctrl+V for Paste, press the Ctrl key, and some of the keyboard’s keys will change. The word Paste appears on the V key, for example. Other keys sprout labels, as well, letting you know which key you need to press to Select All, Undo, Cut, Copy, or Paste.
Need a numeric keypad? Press the &123 key in the bottom-left corner, and the keypad appears, along with a Tab key and the brackets and symbols usually found on most keyboards’ top row.
When you’re through typing, press Enter, and the keyboard enters your text and disappears. If you called up the keyboard mistakenly, just tap anyplace away from the text box to remove the keyboard. Or, tap the Keyboard icon in the screen’s bottom-right corner; when the pop-up menu appears, press the keyboard icon with the downward-pointing arrow beneath it.
On the desktop, the pop-up keyboard has a little X in its upper-right corner, like all the other windows. Click or tap the little X, and the keyboard disappears.
Typing on the Start screen without an attached keyboard
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To search for files, apps, or settings on your computer, you can type directly into the Start screen itself: The Charms bar’s Search box automatically appears to accept your keystrokes.
Typing directly into the Start screen is easy when you’ve attached a keyboard. But what if you’re simply holding your Surface, with no keyboard attached?
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You can fetch the onscreen keyboard at any time by following these steps:
Summon the Charms bar by sliding your finger inward from the screen’s right edge.
When the Charms bar appears, tap the Settings icon.
When the Settings pane appears, tap the Keyboard icon in the bottom-right corner.
When the Keyboard icon pop-up appears, tap the words Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel.
The onscreen keyboard rises from the bottom of the Start screen, ready for you to type the name of your sought-after item, be it a file, a setting, an app, or something on the Internet.