U410 - Can't boot with Win 8.1 OR Ubuntu

Hi-
I have been trying to fix a dual-boot issue with Win 8.1 and Ubuntu, and I've totally screwed up my boot record. I was advised to look at the instructions below, and it might help me straighten out my boot situation. After following these directions, I can no longer boot into anything now.
Here's what I did:
This also may be part of the issue as Windows and UEFI copy between themselves.
Remove Duplicate Firmware Objects in BCD and NVRAM
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...=ws.10%29.aspx
I followed the directions outlined above, and now I can't do anything. When I start it up, it boots into Windows Boot Manager with a single entry for Ubuntu. When I selected that, it gives me the usual warning that it can't find the .efi file or .mbr file. The (really) bad part is that I can't get to the UEFI Firmware Setup (i.e., the old BIOS menu), so I can't boot from a USB - I'm stuck. When I boot it up, it does flash for a split second, almost like it goes to another screen (the UEFI menu?), but then goes into the Win Boot Mgr.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get into the UEFI firmware settings? I've tried to hit F12 (and every other F* combination) during boot, but it still just flashes for a second, and then goes into Windows Boot Manager. If I could get to the UEFI settings, I could boot from USB into a Windows rescue/rapair USB device, but I can't get to it at a moment, so I'm in limbo.
If anyone has any suggestions, it would be muchg appreciated, as I'm stuck and can't do anything.
Thanks,
Nipper
Moderator Note; subject edited.

Hi,
I don't even see a loss rates in the pathping result you provided before. and it shows "Computing statistics for
0 seconds", this is really strange, have you pasted the full pathping result here? Or as I mentioned before, you can try to pathping your own ip as a test. What is the result if we use other tool, simple like ping to Google website? Make sure
to install latest driver for network adapter, reset router, get latest firmware for router.
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