Cannot boot into Safe Mode with Networking - Windows 8.1 Update

I'm trying to boot into safe mode with networking. I can successfully boot into Safe Mode, but my Network Access is always disabled.
I've tried msconfig / Click on Restart / Restart Now from the Update and Recovery menu in 'Change PC Settings'. They all eventually get me to the Same boot options menu which says ... F4 for Safe mode, F5 for Safe mode with Networking etc..  I
select the F5 Safe mode with Networking and it re-boots into Safe mode but I have no network access. 
I'm connecting to my home ADSL, no proxy required. If I boot normally I have network & internet access, but in 'F5 Safe mode with Networking' my networking is disabled.
Windows 8.1 Pro x64

I can see that I am actually connected to my router, but the network icon still shows as disconnected.
What about the Network list via the Settings charm (Win-I)?  Last week I was having problems with that one after long sleeps.  Later I realized that although I could see the icon in the Settings charm (as normal) when I clicked on it, it still
showed the same icon as I was expecting; the difference is that it didn't show "Connected"; so, clicking on the icon proved that it was offering a Connect button and clicking that finally got me connected.  Meanwhile the troubleshooters were misleading
at best and destructive at worst, suggesting I power things off, etc.  I don't know if there was a fix for this specific symptom or whether I just tried a different path but yesterday instead of trying the above procedure I tried to see what the Network
troubleshooter associated with IE's "unable to connect" page would do; amazingly it identified the problem precisely.  That connection had somehow acquired a connect manually attribute.  The troubleshooter offered to fix that problem for me
and I accepted.  Since then, no more problem.
FYI
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