Learning is always a plus for, I was using ppm from version 5.10 and didn't see it so I'm assuming I'll need to download from CPAN and build it correct?
Yep, assuming you have the appropriate compiler, which since you're using ActiveState, will be M$ VC++. perl -V will provide more details of the appropriate versions of VC++ etc. etc
that you'll need.
A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))