Playlists won't shuffle

i recently got a new computer and updated to itunes 10.1.0.54.
none of my playlists on my ipod will shuffle anymore. they will only play in order. they also won't shuffle when i am playing directly through my ipod. it will shuffle my entire library, but not the playlists.
i've looked at answers to similar problems and the fixes didn't work for me, or i didn't understand them.
thanks,
wendy

I am having the same problem with all of my playlists now in iTunes 10.1 They will play in order, but will not shuffle. Once you try to let it play the next track during shuffle or click next track, it stops playing. Didn't have this problem until this recent iTunes update!

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So I updated my MacBook Pro last night and now my playlists wont shuffle correctly. When I turn on the shuffle feature and I have a column selected (number, rating, etc), all it does is rearrange the songs.
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