Unable to change track info

I am using Itunes on a Windows XP SP2 computer. When I attempt to change specific info on tracks in my library (Right Click>Get Info) some of the tracks have all catagories grayed out and I can't edit them. Why is this and how do I change it?
Thanks

I like WMC too, but the same thing with WMP, it just completely messes everything up. I know I can turn the organise feature off, but I just don't want to risk it again. Last time it messed up about 10% of my library and that was out of about 10,000 songs.

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