Oversaturated RAW images in Lightroom 4

All of a sudden, all of my RAW images are oversaturated and over contrasted in Lightroom 4.  When they are initially "loading" the photo looks great, but then when it loads the pictures it is WAY oversaturated and overcontrasted.  I have not changed any settings in Lightroom, so I am not sure what has happened.  I have attached screen shots to show it when it's loading and when it is loaded.  This is a HUGE difference.  All of my settings on the menu on the right are at 0 or whatever the original setting is in the Develop mode.  I've checked everything in the column on the right in the develop mode, settings, etc. I have checked to make sure that my Lightroom is not pending any updates and that my camera is up to date. I've looked in several forums.  From what I can see, there have been others with this issue, but I can never seem to find a resolution to fix it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Camera: Nikon D7100 (if this matters)

If something changed recently, it is likely one of:  you’ve recently shifted from shooting JPG to shooting RAW, a LR Preset being applied in Import, your LR defaults are different than before, your monitor profile is different, your video drivers have been updated, your video-card’s control-panel settings are different, or your monitor’s own settings are different.
When you newly import an image are all the toning sliders still set to zero?  (i.e. Exposure, Contrast, …, Clarity, Vibrance, Saturaton)  A screenshot of the Basic panel at the top right of the Develop module would show this.
What Profile do you have selected in the Camera Calibration area?  A screenshot of the bottom right of the Develop module would show this.
To confirm whether your LR defaults have changed to something non-zero, you can make a virtual copy of a representative image and then click the Reset button and see if all the toning sliders return to zero in the Basic panel, and also check the Profile setting in the Camera Calibration area.
If you want to upload that specific pumpkin image to http://www.dropbox.com/ and post a public download link to it, here, then others can load it on their systems and see what it looks like, to compare with your screenshots.
So far the difference between the two screenshots appears to be camera-embedded JPG and default LR settings which will never be the same.  The 2nd (right) screenshot in your initial post also looks out-of-focus compared to the initial camera preview which seems odd.  Maybe things hadn’t fully-rendered, yet.

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