Wont play on another computer????

I take my Ipod to work to listen to. I have never had a problem doing this but I have since uploaded new songs and not it wont play. When I plug the ipod in then it shows all the songs but they are grey (writing) and i am unable to select any of them or play any of them, any suggestions of why this is now happening when it didnt before!?

Grey text when you look at the content and lock symbol at the bottom of the screen simply shows that your iPod is set to syncronise (automatically update) with iTunes. If you want to access your iPod directly, drag songs to it, play it through your iTunes, connect it to a second computer etc. you just need to change the update method to "Manually manage songs and videos" in the iPod Summary tab and click Apply. The text will change from grey to dark and the padlock will disappear:
Using iPod with Multiple computers
Managing content manually on iPod
One thing to be aware of with manually updating is that it also enables disk use by default and the iPod has to be manually ejected before the "Do Not Disconnect" message will go away. Safely disconnect iPod

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