Changing song's names

I have a problem, I can't change any song names or artist. I noticed that some songs were written in a bad way or a way I didn't like, so I hit double click in the song so that the song name gets ready to change but anything happens, so how can I change my songs or artists names after they are distributed in my diferent playlists?
HP Windows XP

Select the song, then click and wait, you can then
re-type the song. Or gith click>Get Info for full
editing.
That's exactly my problem, if I click and wait, nothing happens. And if I change the names from the files directly in windows, later the song is not recognized by iTunes.
HP Windows XP

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