Login at the login screen - only time when I have full use of the keyboardīrighten/dim the screen with the according buttons One of the few things my keyboard can do is
Plug in a USB keyboard, with and without type cover - didn't work U/kaiza96 's method of holding the power button for 30 seconds, then the power and up button for 15 seconds afterwards - didn't workĬomplete reimage of the computer - didn't work Held the power and volume up button til I'm at the start up screen - didn't work Held the power button for 30 seconds and rebooted - didn't work
I uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers under the Keyboard and Human Interface Devices - didn't work S/he's running Windows 10 and didn't have the Surface Type Cover Filter Device displayed under Driver Manager > Keyboards I'm running Windows 8 and had the Surface Type Cover Filter Device displayed under Keyboards.
I've followed u/kaiza96 's instructions on his post, but that didn't fix my problem. One day the Type Cover keyboard spontaneously decided to not function normally anymore.