Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro Stops Working in Windows 8.1

My Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro often (but not always) stops working after I wake my Windows 8.1 Dell laptop up from sleep (or from a shutdown).
To make it work, I typically have to log into Windows using my laptop's keyboard. Then I have to unplug and plug my keyboard's USB plug 1-3 times and finally it starts working. (FYI my keyboard is plugged into the USB port on my Dell monitor, which itself
is plugged into my laptop.)
The keyboard itself works fine, when I get it working.
This has been going on for months. I've browsed around the internet looking for solutions but nothing I've tried has worked.
Can anyone help?

My Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro often (but not always) stops working after I wake my Windows 8.1 Dell laptop up from sleep (or from a shutdown).
Power saving settings can do that.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-hardware/windows-81-64bit-after-sleeping-then-boots-up-usb/65953824-0cdd-4184-b451-5adf0260fd8a?msgId=c597d4d3-b9eb-4d4c-a5c0-1c1494585c29
(Answers search of W8.1 topics for
sleep USB turn device off to save power
nothing I've tried has worked
Then tell us what you have tried and what the results were.  Almost every suggestion contains some measure of diagnostic value, so saying "nothing" hides such information from your symptom description.
FYI
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