Prints Black/Dark Photos

I have recently updated to both a new computer (Windows XP to Win 7) and a newer version of Elements (5.0 to 7.0). My printer is a HP Photosmart 5180. All photos are in a RAW File format. Now the problem:
With my previous combination of wndows/elements my photos printed bright and vibrant, but with my new computer/elements the photos print almost black. I thought orrigionally that it might be my printer, but when I saved my picture in a non-compressed TIFF format and took to a local photo lab, the colors of the prints from the lab matched the prints off my computer. Can anyone explain this or have had similar problems, and what can be done to fix it.
Thank you for your input and help.
Don

When I set up my computer, I had to download a new driver from HP, so the driver should not be the problem. Most of the photos were shot with sRGB colorspace, though a few are in Adobe. Could it be the version of Windows, or the bit depth? (ie 32 v 64)
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