Illustrator CC 2014 GUI/Cursors way too big on 1080p display

I have a Windows 8.1 laptop with a 1080p display and have the scaling set at Medium (125%).
Upon launching Illustrator CC 2014 (and Indesign CC 2014), the GUI is HUGE.  It's like they are scaling at 200% even though I'm only at 125%.  This might be good for a "Retina" or quad HD display, but for just an HD display, this just wastes valuable screen real estate and the cursors are comically large and not precise at all.
I tried disabling the DPI scaling by right clicking on the application, going to the Compatibility tab, and selecting "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" but it has no effect on what the GUI looks like.  It appears as though Illustrator sees some sort of scaling and automatically assumes I want it boosted to 200% without abiding by what Windows is telling it to do.
Is there any way to turn this off and go back to no scaling at all?  Or better yet, have it actually listen to the Windows setting of 125%?

Hi millerrh,
With Ai 2014.1 (18.1) update, we have provided an option in preferences to snap AI's UI scaling to snap to lower or higher supported scale. Since AI only supports 100%, 150% and 200%, for scale percentages which are not supported by AI. e,g. 125%, you can choose to snap to 100% to 150%, similarly for 175%, you can choose to snap to 150% or 200%.
You can also completely turn off the scaling if you so desire.
Sanjay.

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