Playlist Problem: Song Loop Order

Since I got a new XP and reinstalled iTunes, my 1G shuffle won't play in playlist order. Everytime I sync it, the playlist order is randomized.
Prior to this, I had my playlist set to order the songs I had listened to the most at the top, like so:
Song1: 1000 plays
Song2: 999 plays
Song3: 993 plays
Song4: 984 plays
And so on...
What's the point of having a playlist option when it's the same as randomizing it?

Yeah... same thing happened when I downloaded Season 2 of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. They all transfered over fine, but in complete wrong order. *****, because the show follows a serial time-line and now it's all messed up.
Anyone help?

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I read your post, are you sure you read all of my article? Common causes of misordered tracks are case variations in artist names or album titles which while they cause the tracks to be enumerated out of sequence don't actually trigger multiple album covers. Disc X of Y numbering should be consistent across all the tracks of each disc and Artist, Album, Album Artist, Sort Artist, Sort Album, Sort Album Artist and part of a compilation should be consistent across the album.
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