Why can't I edit in the Get Info boxes?

I have just recently done a re and re on my laptop and gone to Windows 8. I have transfered over my music to iTunes, but now I can't edit any information in the Get Info boxes as they are all grayed out. Can someone help me with this, please?
Thanks

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Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
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im a cow wrote:
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