On booting up my Alienware M17XR4, I recently started getting this error:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80010002): Call was canceled by the message filter. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010002 (RPC_E_CALL_CANCELED)) at System.Management.ThreadDispatch.Start() at System.Management.ManagementScope.Initialize() at System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher.Initialize() at System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher.Start() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.DeviceDiscovery.Classes.DeviceWatcherClass.StartHidDeviceInsertedWatcher() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.DeviceDiscovery.Classes.DeviceWatcherClass.Start() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.DeviceDiscovery.Classes.AlienFXDeviceDiscoveryService.RegisterForDevicesEvents() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.DeviceDiscovery.ObjectFactory.NewAlienFXDeviceDiscovery() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Tools.Classes.ObjectFactory.get_DiscoveryService() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Tools.Classes.ObjectFactory.NewAlienFXDeviceRepository() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Tools.Classes.ObjectFactory.get_AlienFXDeviceRepository() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Controller.LightsZoneController..ctor() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Controller.ControllerMainForm.initializeLightController() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Controller.ControllerMainForm..ctor() at AlienLabs.AlienFX.Controller.Program.Main(String[] args)

On top of that, some programs set to start/login on boot don't even open/appear in the tray despite their processes being open in Task Manager (Skype/Steam). Finally, the wireless icon is stuck in the "Connecting" state, and when I try to open the Network and Sharing Centre, the window is non-responsive.

I've tried stopping the processes and restarting the programs, but they still won't open and I've tried rebooting the laptop but the problems persist. Any help?