I started to look at Device Manager and couldn’t see any issues and then I remembered the PC Refresh feature of Windows 8.1. We tried a Touch Cover on it which worked fine and the Type Cover 2 worked on my Surface so I knew it was software related and not a hardware fault. The keyboard lit up and the trackpad worked, so did the brightness buttons on the keyboard but none of the keys would work. All was working fine until yesterday morning when one of the Surface RT devices would not work with the Type Cover 2. I got my kids Surface RTs for Christmas which they really love, so much so they bought new Type Cover 2 with their own money. Here is how to fix a Microsoft Surface Touch or Type Keyboard that is not working