Smart Playlist - My Rating unavailable

Hi
For some reason the "My Rating" option is not available to fill on my Smart Playlist.
- Uninstalled iTunes and installed but not solved.
- Up to date version
- Used Repair option.
Old Smart List with "My Rating" filled are still working fine but not able to see values or change the "My Rating" options.
Other options when creating Smart Playlist are all working fine.
Hope for some help here
Thank you

Not sure if you've gotten an answer...
The way the field works (when working properly) is you click somewhere in the field and either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 stars will appear.
In our case, when we click in the field we are, in fact, specifying a rating even though the stars don't show up.
For example, if you click all the way to the left, you will wind up with 1 star, and the smart playlist will work the way you expect it to.
If you click all the way to the right, you will wind up with 5 stars.
After you get good at it, you can figure out where 2, 3, and 4 stars are.
My understanding is that this is a video driver issue, but I have no idea what that means or how to solve it.
I don't have this issue on my two Mac's. It only happens to me on my Windows laptop.

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