Rspec 1.1.2 on Windows

I am using Rspec 1.1.2 on Windows XP SP2

I am receiving the following error when I run 'rake spec' from a brand new project:
C:/SVN_Projects/rspec/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:107:in `colour=': You must gem install win32console to use colour on Windows (RuntimeError)

I have the win32console gem installed and the error still occurs.  It seems that the require statement in options.rb line 105 is throwing an exception and I am not sure why.  I have even gone to the extent of replacing 'Win32/Console/ANSI' with the absolute path to the ANSI file and still no luck.  When I run the require statement in a console everything works fine and dandy.

Now if I remove the --colour option from the spec.opts file then it doesn't need the win32console gem; however, I then receive this error:
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:100:in `const_missing': uninitialized constant Spec::Rails (NameError)

I do have the rspec_on_rails plugin installed.  Can anyone offer me any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this issue? Thanks in advance!