Skype NOT Starting Up Automatically on Startup

Hello,
I have always used Skype with no major problems, however, today I found that it wasn't automatically starting up even though the setting (http://puu.sh/dpAcv/0c402f5ae1.png) was never changed!
The only major change to my computer was updating using Windows Update yesterday, which installed these updates: http://puu.sh/dpAmq/5ca16afa47.png
The version of my Skype is 7.0.0.100: http://puu.sh/dpArM/720e8df18b.png
I have a high performance computer with my Windows 8.1 64-bit OS and Skype both installed on an Solid-State Drive (SSD).
I have restarted my computer many times to test if it really doesn't start up automatically, and it does not, this is not a one-time or once-in-a-month issue.
I believe it's either one of the Windows updates conflicting with the Skype autostart setting or undisclosed minor patches made to Skype. (It's kind of lame because Microsoft owns both my OS and Skype, so releasing a conflicting update is maybe rare? or not)
After my desktop is shown, with every other application started up already (Steam, nVidia GeForce Experience, Kaspersky Internet Security, etc), I can simply click the Skype icon which I have pinned to my taskbar and open Skype, and Skype completely loads within 2 seconds.
Thanks in advance for any suggestion, comment, or any additional question to my issue. 
Regards,
Jasper

Hello techfreak,
I have found out my issue's roots: Kaspersky Internet Security.
I updated my Kaspersky Internet Security and ran a Full Scan on my computer and it found no viruses.
Then I remembered that sometimes Skype gets blocked by Kaspersky Internet Security, for whatever reason. So I added Skype to the application Exclusion List, and re-enabled all the startup applications from the Task Manager, and rebooted 3 times with the same settings, unchanged.
The results were very good: Skype started up automatically with no problem all three times!
Thank you very much for your help techfreak!
Regards,
Jasper

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