CS5 - tools disappear on artboard

I have CS5. Recently I got a new MacAir computer and in order for me to use Illustrator, I had to make a small update with Java. (I believe it said Java6?) Since the update, I no longer can see any selected tools in Illustrator (e.g., text, rectangle, etc). They disappear when dragged onto the artboard. Here's a quick video of what happens. As you'll see, if I drag my mouse off the artboard, it reappears. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Hi Gener7, thanks for your reply, I appreciate it.
I've tried resetting all tools, and I've tried changing the Preferences -> General -> Use Shift... setting, but neither of them appear to resolve the issue. That's quite frustrating ! It's quite peculiar, because another symptom is that when I click on, say, the marquee tool, it expands, then if I click it again, it very quickly hides and re-displays the menu o __O
I've just reset everything, restarted it, tried again; turned OpenGL back on (for whatever good that'll do other than render quality - thought it may have been a GPU hang-up) and restarted. It's still doing it, haha. Hm - has Adobe hidden any more cool potential solutions to this mystery?

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