Dull colors when prionting from PowerPoint

I am trying to convert a PP presentation rich in photographs in a PDF. I guess PP is not a color managed application and all the photos I place there have sRGB profile.
The problem is that whatever color policy I try in the printer dialogue box, the colors in the pictures change and they are generally duller and less saturated. I tried no color management, preserve, convert using sRGB, without success.
Any advice?

Barbara. I am already in srgb mode. I am sure of this because when I go to image>convert color profile srgb is greyed out because I am already in srgb. I know that browsers are not ICC awaer (esp IE which I am using), but I know that not everyone who uses IE has this problem. I am just at a loss. It is not just the color. The texture of my images in altered. The skin gets "grainy".

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