My Illustrator CC (2014) is exporting my images 4.4x larger than I set them to export as.

My Illustrator CC (2014) is exporting my images 4.4x larger than I set them to export as. I haven't changes any settings or anything. I can't fix it. I downloaded the new Illustrator in attempt to fix it, but I can't.
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
A Gateway computer. Intel core i5.
Images of set up process so I don't have to type it out.
Creating new file:
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af165/pba1/Illustrator2.png
Exporting said file:
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af165/pba1/Illustrator1.png
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af165/pba1/Illustrator3.png
What it exports as:
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af165/pba1/illustrator4.png
Thanks for any help!

Hmm, I think the issue is you trying to do everything in pixels, then changing the ppi. Which is playing havoc with what you want to do. Set the ppi to 72, then it should be fine. Only work with ppi when you are creating for print. For screen and the web, the ppi is irrelevant.

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