Can't Edit itunes songs

I've just purchased a new Dell Inspirion loaded with Vista. I noticed after I downloaded itunes and transfered all my music files from an external hard drive that I can no longer edit songs and info on the main itunes page. I could do it with my old computer. I did download the new version of itunes. Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks.

I have key words in comments to create some smart playlists.    I like to add the key words to an existing comment, and often cannot add it to the comment.
So I cut the old comment, go to an editor, paste it, add my key word, and return to paste the new comment - except I can't paste.

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    How to I re-enable to EDIT the INFO again?   Thank you!
    (itunes also told me I had authorized four out of five computers for this device...WHAT?  There is only one computer, and my one ipod.  
    ......BUT.......My sister has a 16GB itouch, and I put my songs on her itouch, also charged it up on my computer, since she does not have her own computer yet. Will that mess anything up? 
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    Hello All!
    Well, after posting the help messages, I went diggingthrough both my itunes folder on my (C) drive, and then the Music Folder on my(F) Storage drive where I keep all my music files and then went into securityand in each line, I made FULL CONTROL, APPLY, then went back into iTunes afterplugging my ipod in and clicked on MANUALLY MANAGE TUNES.
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    When this problem occurs, it is usually because the song files are set to read-only. If the read-only setting is the cause of your problem, you can solve it by going to Windows Explorer, selecting all of the affected songs, and unchecking read-only.

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