Ripping

Rip with Exact Audio Copy
https://xiph.org/flac/download.html#extras_gui_windows

For more explanation on how to rip and input metadata
http://www.head-fi.org/t/674216/no-detailed-song-data-when-i-rip-flac-using-exact-audio-copy

Playing

Install the Directshow Filter to allow Windows Media Player to play flac files
https://www.xiph.org/dshow/

Install the WMP Tag Plus, which allows Windows Media Player to recognize and tag flac files
http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/index.htm?http://bmproductions.fixnum.org/wmptagplus/