Help with colors

I know this has been discussed but I just cant seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Shooting with a 20D and a 5D, cameras say Srgb.
Pictures in DPP (Canons Raw software) and PS Elements3 and Windows browser all look great. Pictures in LR look don't. I can even develop a raw file in DPP, save it as a jpeg, then import into LR and it looks bad. Skin tones are the worst, but nothing is good.
I love LR for many reasons and I'm sure it's just a simple adjustment but I cant figure it out.
Kristi k

Hi Bob,
DPP is color managed and I have everything set on sRGB. PSE3 was set to NONE, but I have it set to FULL now. Windows browser is what I'm calling windows "picture and fax viewer". I know it not a "program" but untill now the pic's actually looked better in that than in these expensive programs.
I dont know what to do about the monitor profile, except get it calibrated, ... then do I refer the PP apps to THAT profile?
Lastly, I understand that setting it to sRGB is considered a bad thing, but up until now the colors on all my pics have never looked so good. Of course, I'm always wanting to learn and make things better. Thanks for your help and patience.
BTW-as of right now, ALL programs opening up the same pic looks nearly identical, which is something that has never happened before. Havent tried printing yet though, will tonight.
Any suggestions? Thanks again.
Kristi K

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