Media keys (volume, brightness, mute ect.) only work as F-keys. How do i fix them?

I have a macbook air 13 newer model (mid 2013) and after installing Maverick OS X version 10.9.2, my function keys only work as function keys (F1, F2, F3...) but do not do any of the media fuctions (play, forward, back, volume, mute, brightness...). I have tried going to keyboard setting and making sure the option to use as standard function keys is not set. With or with out the check mark they still only work as F keys, even when I press and hold fn key or not. I have tried doing a wipe of hard drive and doing a new install of maverick twice but that did not help. I have tried rebooting into safe mode and then rebooting back but still no luck. I don't belive this is a hardware problem since the keys work as F-keys. Maybe it is missing some driver or something but I have no idea what to do. My keyboard is set to US on the imput source setting. All updates seem to be up to date. What else can I do to fix this issue.

Dudadew wrote:
I have tried rebooting into safe mode and then rebooting back but still no luck.
When you booted into Safe Mode did the function keys operate properly? If so then the problem is somwhere in your account or with some kernel extension you have loading. (Only Apple's most vital kernel extensions are loaded in Safe Mode.) If the function keys operate properly in Safe mode let us know.
You referred to reinstalling Mavericks. If you used a backup to migrate your applications and data afterwards it is possible you migrated the problem right back onto the computer. I have had Mavericks installed on a number of computers ranging from a 2007 iMac to a 2013 Mac mini (and some notebooks) without the problem you describe so I'm pretty confident that it isn't Mavericks itself but rather something else is involved in the equation.

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