Can't change Artist or Album name for multiple songs now.

I can no longer select an entire group of songs and change the name of the artist or album. It just ignores my changes. I can change individual items with no problem, but that is incredibly time consuming if I want to change the name of one of these for an entire group of songs.
iTunes 12.0.1.26
Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1
i7-2600K CPU @ 3.4 GHz
16 GB Memory
6 hard drives with at least 5 T of storage in all

It works here. It should work for you too.
See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows. It isn't entirely clear but as far as I can tell it seems as if some iTunes file activity is undertaken using the user's security account, and some via the SYSTEM account. If your media has moved between systems then there is a possibility that the permissions aren't ideal and perhaps one of the accounts is blocked.
Alternatively hold down Shift as you Right-click > Get Info and you get the old dialog box which may work better.
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