To help demonstrate the problem here's a screen grab show the same image in 3 apps:
PSPX2, Windows Photo Gallery, Photoshop CS2
Note the difference in the reds between the left hand image (PSPX2) and the other two. Checking the values with the picker shows there is a clear difference. The two on the right are the correct colours and match a print, PSPX2's version isn't and doesn't because it's not being colour managed. The result is the same regardless of whether colour management is turned on or not.
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