Cannot view star rating when I edit smart playlists

Hi,
I am just beginning to find my way around my new iPod Nano and iTunes on my laptop. Could someone give me some help with a playlist problem please?
When I try to edit a smartplaylist the field that should display the star ratings has a black box displayed. I presume there should be 5 dots displayed and if I wanted I should be able to incease or decrease the stars like in the main database pane. I cannot get rid of this black box. Is this a graphics limitation on my laptop or a known problem?
Any advice would be appreciated.

This thread claims to have solved it:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3789950#3789950

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