Usb Keyboard Drivers For Windows 7
Doris Joo
Being the very-smart, highly-intelligent person that I am () I tried to install the Windows Bootcamp drivers on the machine manually. What I mean by manually is, I opened the Bootcamp installer in 7-zip and found what looked like they keyboard drivers' setup component. I extracted this piece and ran the .exe.
Because it was not installed in the conventional manner, I didn't get any prompts and, at first, I didn't notice it did anything, presumably because there were other components I didn't install. Eventually I realized that my many of my Function keys (any with other controls on them, such as F1-F4 & F7-F12) didn't seem to work. I later found out that they only work when pressing the "fn" button above the arrow keys on the keyboard.
I've tried manually uninstalling the Keyboard drivers from the Device Manager in Windows. The device manager shows two keyboard devices (no idea why), so I've de-installed both and re-installed them. This didn't change anything at all.
This should display every driver windows considers compatible with your hardware, hopefully the list will include a few items one of which will be the original driver.
If what you are looking for does not appear there, you can uncheck the "show compatible hardware" box and look through the whole list, mainly under the "(standard keyboards)" category.
This time, when it looks for a keyboard driver, it will not find the Bootcamp one that is considered to be newer (and thus presumably better). Therefore it will search for the next best driver it can, building a new cache and driver database, and then install whatever you used before.
It would be worth a try to install the drivers as they were meant to be, then uninstall them the right way.At least, once their install correctly, there is probably an option in the program to use the F-Keys as normal, and using the "Fn" key as a modifier.
Upon imaging a Surface Laptop 2 with our basic image from the older Surface laptop model the Surface Hid Mini Driver driver fails to power and thus the keyboard doesn't work. if I revert back to 03/27/2017 driver it works fine... but then the laptop automatically updates itself to the latest version that brakes again. I have blocked the update in WSUS.
Is anybody aware of a fix for the latest driver? Does the PC somehow think its a Surface Laptop 1st gen and somehow downloading the incorrect driver possibly? I also downloaded the latest firmware/driver package from MS and tried that version and it also doesn't work. Seems to be the same exact version that gets downloaded from Windows Update.
@WC_KStil did you ever get the specific version of the driver that works? I keep running into this issue every update cycle. I have a surface laptop 2 and the "Surface Hid Mini Driver" flakes out every update. I've tried the all of the drivers from Download Surface Laptop 2 Drivers and Firmware from Official Microsoft Download Center :
I've tried uninstalling the driver and re-installing but that never seems to work, even disabling the driver and re-enabling doesn't work. I'm not sure what happens in UEFI entry, but that seems to make it work again for me. Beware - your mileage may vary!!! This seems to be a very common issue but different tasks seem to work for different people. I sure hope Microsoft can fix this as it is a pain as it usually happens when I really need to get some work done!
Sign in and select Surface Laptop 2 and input your Surface's serial number. Click on Download and Save it to your desktop. Do not download the Recovery Image directly on the USB drive but on the Downloads folder on the computer.
@GBowlsby - this worked perfectly. Frustratingly, I'd foolishly listened to other ideas with consequences that'll now cost me even more time (somehow our AI/ML needs to intercept bad or half-arse solutions with ones that actually work :)) Regardless to my live 'en learn: Thanks!
I attempted to install Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2017. The install process failed and the Kaspersky install app claimed to back out changes it had made up to that point. However, my keyboard and touchpad no longer worked. Looking on the HP website, I found instructions for restoring the keyboard drivers. I went to Device Manager, Viewed hidden devices, expanded Keyboards, uninstalled each driver listed under Keyboards, then Restarted my laptop. The keyboard still did not work so i went back into Device Manager to look at the drivers under Keyboards again. This time two have yellow triangle indicators with an "!" - HID Keyboard Device and Standard PS/2 Keyboard. When I right-click on each of thes and view the properties, I see the messages:
So far I tried to install the keyboard drivers but the install failed. I am now in the process of backing up my data to an external drive and locating the sources for addition software that I use. Once I complete that and can be sure I won't need access to any files or my browser for a couple days, I will follow the instructions you provided to restore my system.
Thank you so much for providing such clear instructions. I am just sorry that the keyboard driver install didn't work, but I am very hopeful that I will be able to restore my system by following the instructions you gave me. I will give you an update on my progress in a few days.
Evidently they have a known issue but were reluctant to share the fix when I first reported my issue. I don't expect their instructions to help at this point but I will try out of curiosity and hoping still to avoid having to reload all software which was not part of my original system. Having said that, I do expect, and am fully confident that your instructions on restoring my system to its original state will work and therefore I have a strong "safety net" when these latest instructions fail.
Unfortunately just loading the keyboard and mouse drivers did not work. Kaspersky acknowledged that they have a problem for which they do not have a good solution. Their tech support tried working with me to create a rescue disk and boot from that in order to repair the problems their software had caused on my laptop. The end result was that I not only couldn't use my keyboard nd mouse but I lost all network and internet access!
I finally bit the bullet and followed the instructions you sent to restore my system to its original state - worked like a champ and didn't take near as long as I had imagined. Then I quickly reloaded my other software and I am mow "back in business". Thank you so much for the help and the detailed steps!
Before uninstalling a device, we recommend physically unplugging the device from the system. If the device is uninstalled before it is unplugged, Windows may rediscover the device and reinstall drivers for it in the time between the uninstall and unplugging the device.
First, open Settings (you can do this using the Windows+I keyboard shortcut) and type Remove. Select Add or remove programs. If the device or driver package that you wish to remove appears in the list of programs, select uninstall.
If your device or driver package does not appear in the list, you'll need to use Device Manager to uninstall the device. If that device is the only device using the driver package, then the driver package can also be removed via Device Manager. To launch Device Manager, select the Start button, type Device Manager, and press Enter.
You can update your drivers automatically with either the 7 days free trial or the Pro version of Driver Easy. It takes just 2 clicks, and you get full support and a 30-day money-back guarantee with the Pro version:
Updating software usually helps the system stability and optimization, so at this point, if your keyboard still refuses to work, please also make sure that your computer BIOS is updated to the latest version.
If the built-in keyboard on your laptop is experiencing abnormalities such as unresponsive keys, slow response when pressing keys, or issues with shortcut key functions, please refer to this article for troubleshooting steps. If you are using an external keyboard, please refer to this article: How to fix External Keyboard problems.
Updating software usually helps the system stability and optimization, so we recommend you check and often update to the latest version in your laptop. Here you can learn more about How to update BIOS:
If the keyboard problem happens recently, and if you have ever created a restore point or there is an automatic system restore existed, try to restore the computer to a point before the problem began to resolve the problem. Here you can learn more about How to use restore point to restore the system.
If the problem persists after all troubleshooting steps are completed. Please backup your personal files, then reset the PC to back to its original configuration. Here you can learn more about: How to reset the system.
If you experience there is a short delay before the character displays on the screen when you press a key. The Filter keys function might be enabled. Try to disable Filter keys and check whether the key is more responsive.
If you experience that when pressing some specific keys but the numeric characters display on the screen, the NumLock function might be disabled. Please try to enable the NumLock function and check whether the keys are working properly.
If the hotkeys of your ASUS notebook lose their function, you can automatically update the driver and utility via MyASUS to fix the problem. You can also manually download the latest driver and utility from the ASUS Official Website. Here you can learn more about How to search and download drivers.
X513UA is used as an example in this article for finding and installing the driver and utility required to fix the problem when the touchpad hotkeys lose their function. Here you can learn more about How to check the model name.
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