8.1 Surface touch cover sounds will not turn off

[BaritoneGuy]

In 8.1, on a Surface Pro, when I select the option to turn off touch cover sounds it does not work. I have tried rebooting to no avail. The really weird thing is that for a different user on the same machine it toggles as expected.

I saw another post that someone was seeing this on a Surface RT as well.

Any thoughts.

 

[ahjushshi]

In 8.1, on a Surface Pro, when I select the option to turn off touch cover sounds it does not work. I have tried rebooting to no avail. The really weird thing is that for a different user on the same machine it toggles as expected.

I saw another post that someone was seeing this on a Surface RT as well.

Any thoughts.

I have the same problem with mine (surface 2 with touch cover 2). I also replicated your findings... created a new local account and that worked fine. With the new local account turned on the sound and the clicks were audible, turned it off and the sounds went away.

I also went as far as resetting the entire machine to factory settings with the touch cover attached.

 

[BaritoneGuy]

I have the same problem with mine (surface 2 with touch cover 2). I also replicated your findings... created a new local account and that worked fine. With the new local account turned on the sound and the clicks were audible, turned it off and the sounds went away.

I also went as far as resetting the entire machine to factory settings with the touch cover attached.

I was able to sort this out by using the recovery, but only to refresh and not to wipe any apps, files or settings. After this the device worked fine and the sounds were gone

 

[ahjushshi]

I was able to sort this out by using the recovery, but only to refresh and not to wipe any apps, files or settings. After this the device worked fine and the sounds were gone

That did it for me too. Thanks, now typing in silence.