Random library shuffle Question

Is there a way to "force" the library to be played all the way through, randomly, before repeating? On my laptop 273 songs have been played more the once while 799 songs been played once leaving 1957 songs that have not been played at all. I'm hoping not to hear the same song twice until I cycled through the whole library. I know that only 273 songs were played more then once but it just sounds to me that I'm hearing the same handful of songs over and over again.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks'
jr
Latitude D610 Windows XP Pro

Yes.
Create a Smart Playlist with the condition of 'playcount' is 'zero' or 'less than 1' or whatever you need. Also check 'live updating' so the playlist will continually remove any song that is fully played.
Use that Playlist in shuffle mode, rather than the Library, or direct the Party Shuffle to use that playlist.
As you get to higher playcounts for songs in your library, you may need to adjust the constraints.
Or, you could reset all playcounts to '0' once you have heard them all and continue on...
Several ways to skin that cat...

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