Adobe's Tech Support is AWFUL!!!!!!!  5 days and no solution!!!! Please help!!!! crashing!

I this issue can be address be addressed....
I am completely disappointed, frustrated and angry!!  I have spent over 9 hours on the phone with tech support - in India.  This would not be a problem, but it seems these techs at the call center don't really know anything about Adobe products.  And..... they speak very poor english.  I even had one agent put me on hold for 45 minutes!!!  It was at that time I realized what a sucker I was for waiting that long and hung up.   They don't document the cases that well, because I've called at least 30 times.  Each time I get asked what the problem is, after I've given them my case number.  At a certain point, and as much as we designers pay for these products, I just want to speak with someone who can help and communicate well with me.   Sorry for the rant, but it's ridiculous.
I recently upgraded my Creative Suite master collection to CS6 Creative Cloud Master Collection.  Here are my system specs:
3.06 Ghz Core 2 Duo
6 GB RAM
OS- (currently) 10.7.4
CS6 Creative Cloud worked great with Mac OS 10.6 - no issues.  However, like an idiot, I upgraded to Mac Os x 10.7.4.   Immediately - all Adobe products would work until  I saved a project a second time.  So here's the scenario no matter what product I use:
1.  Open application (photoshop, illustrator, indesign, premiere, etc...)
2. begin using application - no prob just yet.
3. Save / Save As project.  saves fine.
4. Work some more - fine
5. Save Project -  application crashes / spins, application not responding (gets to 83% and crashes / spins everytime).   However, do a Save As - different project name, no crash!
6. Upon Saving a second time and application becoming un-responsive,  I will try to Force Quit from finder.  This causes my entire system to become un responsive.  Only solution is to shut off the computer.
So Far I have done the following-
1. reinstalled all applications
2. Manually removed all applications and associated files - caches, prefs, etc.   /  re-installed.  Doesn't work
3. Created another user and tried applications with same results.
4. Tried the Root User
5. Reinstalled yet again.
6.  Checked for bad fonts.  no avail.
Cany anyone please help! I'm missing deadlines as it's been a five day issue!!!!!

I thank you all for taking the time to respond.  Your help and input is greatly appreciated.
David_B — to answer your questions.
-The problem has happened with all items in the suite, but mainly with illustrator, photoshop and indesign
-I was previously using CS4 before my upgrade.  But again, CS6 was working fine with OS 10.6.8
-Project freezes are occuring with both old projects and new ones.
-Earlier version, CS4 has since been uninstalled as tech support had me manually uninstall all softwares.
- The computer is on a simple network. We tend to work from a file server, however, the issue also occurs when saving to desktop or primary drive.
-When I save second time, and software freezes, I am saving to same location, trying to over-write the file.
Manish-Sharma—
I've tried both.  Saving the files to desktop, my user document folder, and our file server.
It also appears, that the article you linked is something I have not tried.  I will give this a try today.  Thanks!
Gavante—
Thanks for trying to help calm me down.
Please don't misunderstand.  You are correct, the people I've spoken to have all been very nice.  They're just doing their jobs. 
However, I have asked several times to recieve elevated help.  The last phone call I was on yesterday, prior to writing this lasted an hour +.  I spoke to 5 different individuals, all who continued to pass me on to someone of equal support level.  By this time I was very frustrated.  The last individual made a concerted effort to let me speak to the senior level support.  He assured me I would definitely recieve a call back in 10 to 15 minutes from a senior level support agent.  
That was yesterday at 2pm.  I have yet to receive a call.
It's also not an issue of me being able to understand the agents accents.   Quite the opposite.... It is they who have trouble understanding me, making swift communication very difficult. Which, as you can imagine, to a consumer trying to get an issue resolved is frustrating.

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