Songs not counting PlayCount

Since installing iTunes 7, I have noticed some of my songs play all the way through, but do not count it as a play. I have a smart playlist based on last played date for easy finding of music I haven't listened to in a while. However, sometimes songs I play don't consider themselves played and don't update their last played date. This is real annoying and just wanted to know if anyone else was having a similar problem and had any idea what to do to fix it. Thanks.

1.Go to file in the iTunes menu bar and select New smart playlist you will see this window open:
2.Click on the tabs below "match the following rule" to match above.
This will create an "untiltiled" playlist in the iTunes sidebar:
3.Click on this and then on the iTunes menu bar select: edit, and then: sellect all.
4. Click on advanced in the iTunes menu bar, and select create AAC version.
5. Once the files have been converted to AAC the will match.

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