Images look different in Lightroom than in Windows viewer

I just bought a new NEC monitor, but had this problem with my old monitor too.  I'm actually guessing its not a monitor issue at all.
When I view and edit an image in Lightroom then export it as a JPG it looks way more red and more saturated in windows viewer than in lightroom.  My monitor is calbrated using a Spyder2.  Is there a way to make my windows viewer have the same color?  I hate having to open another application to review the edits.
Thanks
Chyna

Lee Jay wrote:
thedigitaldog wrote:
The Windows viewer, unlike Lightroom (or Photoshop and others) is not color managed. The previews in that app are incorrect. No, there is no way to make a stupid non color managed app, color managed.
Well, yeah, but you could export in sRGB and get a lot closer.
What’s the old saying? Close only counts in atom bombs?
Saving sRGB may get “closer” but it doesn’t ensure a match. Only using ICC aware applications can get us to that goal. And assuming someone, like myself is using an extended gamut display, something far closer to Adobe RGB (1998), an sRGB image in a non color managed app will look butt ugly. So no, this is not a solution. Using ICC aware software to view your images IS!

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