I verified the existance and installability of the AdminMisc package just a minute ago - it is fine.

Here is what is should look like .. 

>>Command prompt>>ppm
PPM - Programmer's Package Manager version 3.1.
Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState SRL. All Rights Reserved.

Entering interactive shell. Using Term::ReadLine::Stub as readline lib
+rary.

Type 'help' to get started.

ppm> install http://www.roth.net/perl/packages/win32-adminmisc.ppd
====================
Install 'win32-adminmisc' version 0.2003.07.14 in ActivePerl 5.8.0.806
+.
====================
Downloaded 86743 bytes.
Extracting 16/16: blib/lib/Win32/AdminMisc.PM
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Win32\AdminMisc\AdminMisc.DLL
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc.PM
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\desktop.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\MemGroup.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\NewDesktop.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\RenameUser.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\ResetDesktop.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\SCHED.PL
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\SCHED2.PL
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\SWITCH.PL
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\Test.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\CreateAsUser.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\GetDriveSpace.pl
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\Win32-AdminMisc.ppd
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\README
Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\AdminMisc\Readme.pod
Successfully installed Win32-AdminMisc version 0.2003.07.14 in ActiveP
+erl 5.8.0.
806.
ppm> exit

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Which brings us to .. What version of perl are you running ? run
perl -V
and post the info here. The current Win32 version is 5.8, from Activestate.

You should also check your access to the roth website - You may have a proxy or DNS issue preventing access.
From a browser, enter the URL for the ppd file above.
You should get back a single-line web page that says: 

The Win32::AdminMisc extension for Win32 X86 Roth Consulting (http://w
+ww.roth.net/)

[download]
If you don't, then you have a browsing or security related problem (Or the Roth site is down, which is very rare).
Good luck.

In reply to Re: Problem w/AdminMisc by NetWallah
in thread Problem w/AdminMisc by jls

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