Funny, it works for the following (on WinXP):

script.pl 
print "username: ";
chomp ($uname = <STDIN>);
print "\npassword: ";
chomp ($password = <STDIN>);
print "\nYou entered username $uname and password $password\n";

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answer.txt 
someusername
somepassword

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And I'm calling it like this: 
perl script.pl < answer.txt

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...which produces this: 
C:\test\scratch>perl script.pl < answer.txt
username:
password:
You entered username someusername and password somepassword

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...which is the expected output.
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In reply to Re: Re: Re: redirecting stdin on windows by myocom
in thread redirecting stdin on windows by arkamedis21

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