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Yes, you need to re-install perl.

Strict is a module that comes standard in every installation of perl.

It is very likely that the path to your perl libraries is not properly set for the account you are using, but instead of going through the more complicated process of finding out where your copy of perl is installed and where its modules are, you should just reinstall perl again.

If this is a win32 installation be sure to answer yes to any questions about setting up batch files at start up or setting environment variables up for you.