I have been using the instruction from "Safe Mode - Add to Windows Boot Manager in Windows 8" for a very long time to give me that extra chance to get into Safe Mode if Normal Mode is having problems. All of the Windows 8/8.1 PCs at our site are set up that way.
Just got a Lenovo Flex 2-15 with Windows 8.1. It allowed me to add the 2 entries that I always add to the Boot Manager (Safe and Safe with Networking). And I can see them there in MSCONFIG. But when I boot up, it just ignores the extra entries and just comes up in the main OS entry. Not only that, but then I discovered that F2 and F12 at boot up stopped working as well. So then I removed the safe mode entries and now I can do F2 and F12 at boot up just fine.
This PC is using Secure Boot and UEFI. And I'd like to continue using those. Has anyone come up with a way to add the safe mode entries in the Boot Manager and have them work?
Just got a Lenovo Flex 2-15 with Windows 8.1. It allowed me to add the 2 entries that I always add to the Boot Manager (Safe and Safe with Networking). And I can see them there in MSCONFIG. But when I boot up, it just ignores the extra entries and just comes up in the main OS entry. Not only that, but then I discovered that F2 and F12 at boot up stopped working as well. So then I removed the safe mode entries and now I can do F2 and F12 at boot up just fine.
This PC is using Secure Boot and UEFI. And I'd like to continue using those. Has anyone come up with a way to add the safe mode entries in the Boot Manager and have them work?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 8700
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 4440
- Motherboard
- Dell 0KWVT8 A00
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 635
- Sound Card
- NVIDIA High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 906BW
- Screen Resolution
- 1440 x 900
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003-1CH162