045e:002b — Internet Keyboard Pro
Microsoft Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 045e
- Product ID
- 002b
- Combined
- 045e:002b
- Decimal
- 1118:43
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Internet Keyboard Pro manufactured by Microsoft Corp.. The vendor ID 045e is registered to Microsoft Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 002b is the product ID that Microsoft Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 045e:002b Microsoft Corp. Internet Keyboard Pro.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:002b Microsoft Corp. Internet Keyboard Pro
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 045e:002b, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 045e:002b. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=045e, idProduct=002b.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_045E&PID_002B USB\VID_045E&PID_002B&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_045E&PID_002B"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Internet Keyboard Pro:
Product ID: 0x002b
Vendor ID: 0x045e (Microsoft Corp.)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Microsoft Corp. official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
045e Microsoft Corp. 002b Internet Keyboard Pro