Artist in compilations changed itself to 'Various'

Hi
When I originally loaded compilations onto my Pc, the artist was listed as 'Various' and the song title was listed in the format 'artist/song'. I went through all of these albums and cut+pasted the artist into the artist column so they were listed correctly.
Now all of a sudden (possibly since an upgrade?) the files are all listing the artist as 'Various' and the artist info is back in the song title. iTunes itself still has the correct info until I play the song or look at it in iTunes at which point iTunes picks up the info in the file.
A - How did this happen and can I stop it?
and
B - Is there a way of getting iTunes to update the files with the info it has so I don't have to go and edit hundreds of files?
Thanks for any help
Dan

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