POE::Component::Win32::EventLog =============================== Installation instructions: Unpack the distribution. perl Makefile.PL nmake nmake test nmake install Enjoy! Hmmm, it says 'nmake.exe' no such executable. You can obtain nmake from <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q132084> You may also want to investigate getting the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 <http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/>