Hello RSpec''ers :-) In reply to this message: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-users/2008-January/005477.html I provided a patch against CURRENT for fixing the latest issue introduced in 1.1.2 regarding colour and Windows. http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/5645/tickets/244-no-coloured-output-on-windows-due-missing-rubyopt just-warn-about-windows-no-colour.patch The patch just warn the user about the lack of win32console gem (prior trying to load rubygems) and then revert the color decision to false to avoid garbled output. Since I lack the time to recreate all the scenario (pre_commit and everything) to run the specs, I assume will not affect any other place (since is just for windows). This fix problems when using rake tasks, script/spec and ''spec'' script installed by rubygems. Looking forward for this made into the next version. Regards, -- Luis Lavena Multimedia systems - A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams