You could also just use Term::ReadKey. I've used it on Win2k, XP, and Vista. It's clumsy to use, but I stuffed it into a utility module I use, like so: 
my $pword = get_pword( "Enter password" );
print "Password is '$pword'\n";

sub get_pword {
    use Term::ReadKey;

    my ($prompt) = shift; 
    my $pword;
    my $key;
    local $| = 1;  # Turn off STDOUT buffering for immediate response
    print "$prompt: ";
    ReadMode 4;    # Change to Raw Mode, disable Ctrl-C
    while( 1 ) {
        while (not defined ($key = ReadKey(-1))) { }
        if(ord($key) == 13) { # if Enter was pressed...
            print "\n";       # print a newline
            last;             # and get out of here
        }
        print '*';
        $pword .= $key;
    }
    ReadMode 0; # Reset tty mode before exiting. <==IMPORTANT
    return $pword; 
}

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Also, Term::ReadKey comes standard with Perl.

--marmot

UPDATE: Fixed a sorta bug. Accidentally introduced an extraneous while loop when I copied the code. Didn't hurt anything but my pride...

In reply to Re: Term::ReadPassword::Win32 kills STDIN by furry_marmot
in thread Term::ReadPassword::Win32 kills STDIN by Gulliver

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