Media keys no longer work

Description
My media keys used to work to play, pause, skip forward/backward, etc. in Spotify, and other applications when Spotify is running. Suddenly, my media keys have no effect.
A more detailed description, using numbered steps
1. Open Spotify
2. Start playing music
3. Click my "Play/Pause" media key
What I expected to happen
Music pauses, and resumes upon another click
What actually happened
Nothing
My Operating System
Windows 7 (64 bit) AND Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
Do you have a Service Pack installed?
Windows 7 is Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 has no Service Pack
My Spotify version
0.9.10.14.g578d350b
My internet provider and country
Service Electric, USA
Did you do a clean install of your current Windows version or did you upgrade from a previous version?
Clean installs on both
My username
snyderxc
Do you have any screenshots you can attach to more clearly explain your issue?
No

I don't have google music neither, my problem started after the first time running Windows Media Player in Windows 8.1, and after that every time I press the media keys it opens WMP.
I already desactivated WMP from the control panel but it doesn't work the media keys for now...
Also I saw a video that in Win 7 they go to msconfig and unselect the service from there but I don't find it in Win 8.1
Any other guess???

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