Playlist shuffle resetting

Hey all:
For the longest time I had a 4th gen ipod and (obviously) the previous version of itunes. What I enjoyed doing was creating a regular playlist and putting all my favorite songs in there. Then I would hit shuffle and sync the playlist to my ipod. The shuffled order would stay no matter how many times I synced until I went into the playlist in itunes and reshuffled it (and then I would sync it and the cycle would continue).
However, I recently purchased a 2nd gen ipod touch and upgraded to itunes 8. Now, I can shuffle the playlist and sync it to my ipod, and the order is shuffled like it's supposed to be on the ipod, but when I resync my ipod to my computer the song order in the playlist resets to the order in which they were added. This is very frustrating, as I like to get through the whole playlist before I start again!
Thanks for any assistance,
-CEJ

Right-click the playlist name and select "Copy to Play Order."

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