That's odd, ActivePerl v5.8.8 build 820 comes with Time::HiRes 1.86. What makes you think the version of yours is 1.49?
>perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 50 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
...
Binary build 820 [274739] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSta
+te.com
Built Jan 23 2007 15:57:46
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>perl -e "use Time::HiRes; print Time::HiRes->VERSION
1.86
Also, I can't find that error in perldiag. Could you show us the minimal code that causes this error and the exact error message?
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