in reply to mod_perl setup problems

Try something like this, see if it makes any difference.
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so <Directory "d:/apache/web/"> # bla bla bla Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes ExecCGI # bla bla bla </Directory> <Files ~ "\.pl$"> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Registry Options ExecCGI PerlSendHeader On </Files>