Editing music info in itunes

I recently bought a new computer and reloaded my itunes into it. I had to deauthorize all of my other computers to get it to work. Everything is fine now except I cannot edit any of the info of a song, such as title or artist. When I go into get info, everything is greyed out. Any ideas? Thanks

It's most likely a permissions problem. If you copied your iTunes media folder to the new PC, Windows thinks it isn't yours.
Take ownership of the iTunes Media folder and give yourself full control.
Folder permissions help
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2464a180-e5dc-45d1-a2b8-3c8a 2b571e9d1033.mspx
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/25/how-to-take-ownership-and-grant-permiss ions-in-windows-vista/

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