How does shuffle mode work?

I ask this because no matter what music player I am using, most of the time the 'shuffle' mode always gives me the same pack of songs, like, there are always some songs keep appearing in the playlist and some songs never have a chance to be played.

I have language lessons in MP3 format which I loaded on to my 60gb photo iPod. Perfect, right? Nope. Because when I go into shuffle mode, I'll get a song, then a language lesson, then a song, etc. Skipping past the spoken word tracks becomes more of...

I have an external monitor for my Acer laptop and it doesn't work in normal mode. But when I start's up in normal mode and loading windows vista it loses the signal. But when I use safe mode it works. How do I fix it so I can use my Acer laptop and monitor...

I have two laptops. The full-size model is XP Professional and started doing this 3 days ago. The other laptop is a Netbook with XP Home. In normal mode, IE will find the site, but never load it. Chrome just gives the SNAP error message, and Firefox...

Im Not A Computer Tech Guy And I Dont Have My XP Or Repair CD's Ive Been Looking Thru Other Forums And Still Cant Figure Out How To Save My Computer. My Computer Is A Basic HP Desktop With XP Home Edition On It I Dont Have A Repair Or XP CD So Most Of...

heres the deal, i managed to smash my laptop screen and so, as a solution, i plugged it into my TV, where it worked fine ... before going blank after about an hour. the thing is .. it will connect to other TV's or if i restart the laptop in safe mode...

What's the best way to get my dog into "work mode"? Like how they say every dog needs a job... how do i communicate to my dog that this is their "job" My g/f has been working with my pitt/lab on basic commands and she'll do anything...

I have windows and I go in safe mode because if i started the computer normally it would have pop ups and stuff so i open it in safe mode but the sound does not work. Is there a way to make it work or does it not work in safe mode?