PC Media Keyboards

In iTunes in Windows how do you get media keyboard buttons to operate on iTunes when iTunes is not in focus?
I have this issue on multiple keyboards and multiple Windows OS, however to give an example: on my home gaming PC which is Windows 7 x64 I have a Razer Lycosa keyboard. If iTunes is in the foreground all the media buttons work. If I start any other application I have to alt-tab back to iTunes to get track forward, track backward, play/pause or stop to work. There is no other function for these keys to have so I don't understand why this doesn't work standard.
Other setups which have the same issue:
Laptop with Win 7 x64 and Dell Multimedia Pro keyboard
Desktop with Win XP Pro and Dell Wireless Bluetooth Multimedia keyboard
Desktop with Win XP Pro and Microsoft Entertainment Keyboard 7000 (bluetooth bundle)

If you have any special keyboard software installed, like Logitech's iTouch or Microsoft's Intellitype, see if you can reconfigure it. Failing that, just uninstall the special software. One of these usually works.

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