What are the properties on this external hard drive? Are the files normally
accessible in Explorer? I was thinking you were intimating some
player-centric issue, but now it seems you are hinting towards some
networking(?) issue.

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"djohnson123" <djohnson123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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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>> >> "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.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
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>> >> >> "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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