Surface Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard is a USB human interface device class hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Surface. USB/VID_045E&PID_0746&MI_00 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Surface Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Surface Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 3.3.206.0 dated 2018-04-26.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Surface applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 459636 bytes (448.86 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.2 stars by 24550 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Surface Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Surface Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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