ITunes confused about .wma files

I had some .wma files in My Music. They, unsurprisingly, did not play on my new iPod. So I purchased them anew from iTunes. They now play on the computer and show up in the music library, but will not load onto my iPod. They still have an exclamation point next to them. I have tried removing the .wma files from My Music, at which point iTunes cannot find these tunes at all. Help!

*I just noticed that the software I have instaled in my laptop is not converting this kind of file (wma) to another one which can be played by ipod's*
Does that mean you're using a different kind of audio converter other than iTunes? If so, try converting the files through iTunes, as iTunes does have the ability to convert audio to a compatible format.
If you are already trying to use iTunes, then that is a different story. Do you know where you got the wma files from? Were they purchased online, or were they imported from CD using Windows Media Player?

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