ENABLE/ DISABLE F8 KEY IN WINDOWS 8

How to Enable/Disable F8 key InWindows 8 

To access "Safe Mode & other Advanced Boot options"

Enable:

1. Open an elevated command prompt...

    

•     Press Windows+X keyboard combination ( + )
•     This will open the Power User Tasks menu. 
•     Then press "A" or click on Command Prompt (Admin)
•     When the elevated command prompt is open you will be at  

                    "C:\Windows\System32> prompt". 

2. Type the following in the command prompt and then press the Enter key...

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

Note: If you entered the command correctly, Windows will report that the 

          "The operation completed successfully".

3. Now you will need to restart your computer for the change to go into effect. 
    With this settings configured, you can now press F8 while Windows 8 starts 

    in order to access "Safe Mode and other Advanced Boot options".

Disable:

If you would like to disable the F8 key and go back to the original Windows 8 setting you can open an elevated command prompt and enter the following command:

bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard

Once you enter the above command, press Enter on your keyboard. If you entered the command correctly, Windows will report that the "The operation completed successfully." and you should now restart your computer. The F8 key will now be disabled in Windows 8.