Charlie Russel has written a great article: Fixing QuickBooks PDF Problems in Windows 8 (and more!). If you are having pdf problems with QucikBooks, this is a defintely a great resource. http://www.sleeter.com/blog/2012/12/fixing-quickbooks-pdf-problems-in-windows-8-and-more/?goback=%2Egde_1910499_member_193547812