I'm trying to install IO::Socket::SSL but the logs keep saying that I need a random number generator on. I attempted to install EGD but the error message still came up the same. So perhaps I installed this wrong / don't know how to turn it on? Thanks a bunch, this Neophyte appreciates you.

View the build log here:

cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.4007 on perl 5.012002 built for MSWin32-x86-m
+ulti-thread
Work directory is /.cpanm/work/1307004051.976
You have make C:\Perl\site\bin\dmake.exe
You have LWP 5.837
Falling back to Archive::Tar 1.72
Searching Net::SMTP::SSL on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on Net::SMTP::SSL
Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CW/CWEST/Net-SMTP-SS
+L-1.01.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01.tar.gz
Entering Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01
Checking configure dependencies from META.yml
Configuring Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01
Running Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Warning: prerequisite IO::Socket::SSL  not found.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Net::SMTP::SSL
-> OK
Finding PREREQ from Makefile ...
Checking if you have Test::More 0.47 ... Yes (0.96)
Checking if you have IO::Socket::SSL  ... No
Checking if you have Net::SMTP  ... Yes (2.31)
==> Found dependencies: IO::Socket::SSL
Searching IO::Socket::SSL on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on IO::Socket::SSL
Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SU/SULLR/IO-Socket-S
+SL-1.44.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking IO-Socket-SSL-1.44.tar.gz
Entering IO-Socket-SSL-1.44
Checking configure dependencies from META.yml
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 0 ... Yes (6.56)
Configuring IO-Socket-SSL-1.44
Running Makefile.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Net::SSLeay could not find a random number generator on
your system.     This will likely cause most of the tests
to fail.     Please see the README file for more information.
the message from Net::SSLeay was: Random number generator not seeded!!
+! at blib\lib\Net\SSLeay.pm (autosplit into blib\lib\auto\Net\SSLeay\
+randomize.al) line 2229.

Install cancelled.
-> N/A
-> FAIL Configure failed for IO-Socket-SSL-1.44. See \.cpanm\build.log
+ for details.
-> FAIL Bailing out the installation for Net-SMTP-SSL-1.01. Retry with
+ --prompt or --force.

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