How to Make the F8 Key Work for Safe Mode in Windows 8

Booting into safe mode became non-trivial in Windows 8, especially if you were accustomed to the old F8 shortcut. Here is how to get F8 working again. With Windows 8, Microsoft updated the standard boot menu policy to include the new Modern UI recovery environment. via Pocket http://www.howtogeek.com/164001/how-to-make-the-f8-key-work-for-safe-mode-in-windows-8/