Erratic HP Control Zone Behaviour

I Recently purchased the laptop about 3 Weeks ago, and I began to notice the Synaptic HP Control Zone mouse would behave erraticly after some time. A reset of the device driver seems to fix it but the problem returns again when some time passes.
Everything seems to be upto date and the Control zone works with multitouch and normal use but this unsual and erratic behaviour that occurs quite often has become quite irritating. I've resorted to disabling the Control Zone and I am currently using an external wireless mice I purchased with the laptop.
Driver:
HP Control Zone - V18.1.7.8
A video of the issue
http://youtu.be/a8iXk0Wyjv0
Any help would be greatly Appreciated

I recently bought an HP Envy as well and I have multitutde of problems with the Control Zone. The only solution is whenever it happens I have to use the touchscreen to get to "HP Control Zone Settings" and do a "Reset Devices".
Has anyone found a permanent fix for this?
-- Amal

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