No. Let me recap :
With my XP laptop I downloaded lots of mp3s onto an external hard drive. I
had no problem editting the tags of these mp3s then.
I get a new Vista laptop. Some of the existing mp3s and some of the new mp3s
will not allow the tag to be editted when I use the Vista laptop. These same
mp3s will edit just fine using the old XP laptop.
It doesn't matter if I use Winamp, WMP or a stand-alone tag editor, the
results are the same.
On Vista, my user has admin rights. I am the owner of the files on the
external drive. I manually changed ownership when I first had the problem.
The files are writeable.
In my mind the problem lies within Vista.
Don

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Wait, so WinAMP is having a problem with this file too? I'm thinking
> there's something suspicious about this MP3 file then... ?
>
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>
> "djohnson123" <djohnson123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C4ECE74-C73F-46DE-A388-87493D3962B8@microsoft.com...
> > It depends on what I use to edit the tag, but the end result is that it
> > allows me to change the info but when I save it, the changes don't take.
> > Winamp produces an error an apears to change one tag from an album but
> > when I
> > refresh the list the info has reverted to its previous state.
> > Another forum suggested deleting the entire field and adding new info.
> > Thta
> > did not work. Also if I try ti add info in a previously unused field (
> > date
> > for example ) it fails.
> > What I have to do now is connect my XP laptop to the external drive, edit
> > the tags then connect the drive to the Vista laptop. Not exactly
> > user-friendly. Maybe it's time to load XP on the nre laptop !
> > Don
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> What happens when you try? Is it greyed out, or does it look like you
> >> will
> >> be able to, but then it won't let you?
> >>
> >> Is there a sample file I could try this with?
> >>
> >> --
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> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
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> >>
> >> "djohnson123" <djohnson123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:8D82325F-36A2-4E43-9001-5E6A20DA980F@microsoft.com...
> >> >I too am having the same problem. I am using the same portable drive
> >> >that I
> >> > used with my XP laptop but now with a new Vista laptop I cannot edit
> >> > tags
> >> > on
> >> > some mp3 files. I tried using Media Player to edit them like you said
> >> > and
> >> > it
> >> > worked for one album but not another. Any thoughts ??? Don
> >> >
> >> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you edit that tag for that file within Windows Media Player?
> >> >>
> >> >> There's a number of ways in which a file could have bad/uneditable
> >> >> metadata.
> >> >> Compressed ID3 tags are notably unsupported, for example.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> >> rights.
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> "knicknack" <knicknack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:6609100B-F5C7-4DEF-851A-DF273BBC37BD@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I'm having a heck of a time trying to organize my music ever since I
> >> >> > got a
> >> >> > vista computer. I have an external hard drive with a lot of music on
> >> >> > it,
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > also have been putting new music on it. When I try to change the
> >> >> > track
> >> >> > information (whether through explorer, winamp, or itunes) it won't
> >> >> > let
> >> >> > me
> >> >> > do
> >> >> > it on all files.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For example:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have a folder containing an entire album, which I got from the
> >> >> > same
> >> >> > source. I want to make sure all the track info is correct before I
> >> >> > put
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > into winamp. I open explorer, and see that not all the track numbers
> >> >> > are
> >> >> > there. So, I start putting them in. Every once in a while, I'll
> >> >> > edit
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > track number (or artist, or genre, or anything at all) and vista
> >> >> > throws
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "An error occurred when writing the property '#' to the file
> >> >> > 'filename'."
> >> >> >
> >> >> > (where property is any property and filename is the name of the
> >> >> > file)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I've checked into ownership - i changed the ownership of the
> >> >> > external
> >> >> > drive
> >> >> > to the administrator group. I've looked into read only - i have
> >> >> > access
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > full permissions on the files and folders. It reads as a winamp
> >> >> > media
> >> >> > file,
> >> >> > and looks the same as the others that I can edit. When I look at
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > security on the folders, sometimes 'read only' is shaded in in blue,
> >> >> > so
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > have unchecked that and applied it to everything in the folders and
> >> >> > subfolders just to make sure everything is readable. However, when
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > do
> >> >> > that, it still ends up blue the next time I look at it. Since blue
> >> >> > means
> >> >> > absolutely nothing to me, I don't know what this means at all,
> >> >> > but...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So, I own everything in the directory, it should be readable and
> >> >> > writable,
> >> >> > and I have permissions to everything.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So what on EARTH is going on? It's very very very very annoying.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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