Illustrator CC Command and Saving Issues

HI,
My colleagues and I updated to Illustrator CC this week. We were hoping that the upgrade may fix an issue we have(in a seperate thread) and while it hasn't fixed it, it does seem to have created a couple more bugs as follows:
1. Certain commands such as cut, group/ungroup, zoom etc.. dont seem to work all the time by using the keyboard shortcuts. If I try a command and it doesnt work, I need to scroll the page over using the mouse slightly and then the command seems to work for a few moments. Sometimes I am needing to do this 3 or 4 times in one job which can get quite infuriating.
2. Sometimes when after openeing a file and adjusting the artwork, it is not giving the option to save(it is grayed out and the keyboard command doesnt work) and the file can only use 'Save As'
Stangley it doesnt seem to be happening on all our machines, we have 5 Macs running CC and only 2 have the Command Shortcut issues and only 1 seems to have the saving issue
Has anyone else had either of these issues or are aware of them? If so do you know of a solution or reason to the problems.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

Martyn,
It may be a slightly different case of the Missing Verdana and Tahoma issue,
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5453325#5453325
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5506635#5506635
Or you may have a look at other applications mobbing Illy, see Item 7) under Other options; there are a few missing from the list, BetterTouch and anti virus software.

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