LR3 export problem.

I am suddenly having a problem when I export to a folder on my computer from LR3.  I do this all the time and I don't know what has gone wrong.  Today I exported a group of files to a folder on my computer which was going to be used to burn a cd and also to upload to a website.  I burned the disk and checked it and the photos are horribly dark and have really muddy shadows.  I then uploaded to a website and although the photos weren't quite as dark, they were very pixelated with a lot of strange color banding.  I tried exporting to a new folder and the same thing happened.  It should be noted that I did several prints today from lightroom and they came out perfectly matching my calibrated screen.  As a further test I created a folder on my website and uploaded one photo directly from LR and then added the same photo, but uploaded it from the exported folder on my desktop.  Here is a link to the gallery:        http://www.kathleenjohnstonphotography.com/Clients/test/19929113_DQ86Pb  You can see the huge difference in the two photos. 
Does anyone have any idea of what is going on?
I appreciate your help.
Kathy

Lightroom can do some peculiar things if your monitor is not properly calibrated, or simply has no profile assigned to it. ATI Catalyst and graphics drivers can be a nightmare to update, usually requiring uninstall of multiple drivers, and then reinstallation of the update files in a very specific order. I'm glad you were able to sort it out with X-Rite tech support. Suggestion: Do NOT install any updates for your ATI graphics drivers or Catalyst software when prompted by a Windows 7 update. This has been known to cause multiple problems and even loss of certain display card functions for the reasons I mentioned.
Concerning the low res or pixeleated export image files, this is simply due to using a low JPEG Quality setting. As I suggested try using a Quality setting of 60 or higher, sRGB Color Space, and Standard or Low Sharpening setting.
Example for 850 Long Edge export size (680 x 850). This insures both landscape and portrait images export with the same dimensions.
Double-click picture to see full-size.

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    I don't really think I had this issue with LR2 - not enough to notice anyway.
    System info:
    Lightroom version: 3.0 [677000]
    Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
    Version: 5.1 [2600]
    Application architecture: x86
    System architecture: x86
    Physical processor count: 2
    Processor speed: 1,8 GHz
    Built-in memory: 3007,1 MB
    Real memory available to Lightroom: 716,8 MB
    Real memory used by Lightroom: 278,4 MB (38,8%)
    Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 266,7 MB
    Memory cache size: 49,7 MB
    System DPI setting: 96 DPI
    Displays: 1) 1200x1920, 2) 1920x1200
    Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3
    Library Path: P:\Lightroom\Lightroom 3 Catalog\Lightroom 3 Catalog\Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat
    Settings Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Thomas Christensen\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom

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