Arena Headset - Goes to max volume on Windows 7 x64

I recently purchased an Arena USB headset for my new Core i5 rig. The install went smooth, however I noticed that while listening to iTunes or playing games the volume for the headset would got to max vol. on its own. Using the windows volume controls, or buttons on the headset control temporariily lower volume. As soon as you stop trying to lower the volume, it shoots back up to max.
I installed the new "beta" drivers off creative, but these sounded horrible.
My current drivers are
Driver Provider: Creative
Driver date: 7/20/2009
Driver version: 1.0.18.0
I installed the Arena set on my Windows 7 x32 laptop and it works great, no problems with volume control.
I've removed and reinstalled the drivers 3x already, and yes, they are the x64 versions. Please help. I'm thinking the x64 drivers do not function correctly.

Nobody out there has this problem? Tech support didn't help. I got the "install the updated drivers" advice. Yup, I've done that, several times. My only fix has been to leave it at max volume and turn down the volume in each of my games. Nice; I'm contemplating getting rid of these. It's a shame because they sound really good and are comfortable.
Oh, when I try to manually update the driver to the path where the x64 driver are installed, windows just says the best drivers are already installed.

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