Can't get into Safe Mode menu with Daz Loader

I searched on this and found a thread from a few years ago, but it didn't have the answers I was looking for.. so figured a new thread would be the best course of action instead of a necro.

In preparation for SP1 I decided to finally get rid of my Hazar loader/blacklisted Lenovo key. I used Daz loader to uninstall/reinstall, and everything went fine. However, I find myself being unable to get into the safemode menu. I had previously done this everyday prior because I have some unsigned drivers that I use, and thus I must 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement' everytime I boot.

Since installing Daz, I'm unable to do this. The other thread suggested it was a timing issue, but even while furiously mashing F8 I was unable to bring up this menu. I know when it should be pressed(previously immediately after 'Loading OS...", had 3-5 seconds to do so before the flag), it simply isn't working anymore.

What changed? I've tried various other keys (f5/esc/f12) without success, even while mashing immediately after the bios screen. I'm aware of a workaround that would bring up a second Windows in bootloader (and the 30 second countdown screen to chose, which I could presumably F8 from that), but I would rather avoid such a thing if possible.

Thanks in advance

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is actually not being able to access the F8 menu in order to 'Disable Driver Signature Enforcement'. Perhaps it was a poor choice of words choosing to describe it as the 'safe mode menu'.

 

Bump, have not found a solution as of yet