# Help with a Windows target node **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [April 14, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-a-windows-target-node/32683 "2020-04-14T17:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoobSkywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@NoobSkywalker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NoobSkywalker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-a-windows-target-node/32683/1 "2020-04-14T17:41:19Z")
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**Author:** ![David\_Foley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@David\_Foley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/David_Foley)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-a-windows-target-node/32683/2 "2020-04-14T23:15:18Z")
Is the user part of the local Admin group or has access to login to the machine ---
**Author:** ![NoobSkywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@NoobSkywalker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NoobSkywalker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-a-windows-target-node/32683/3 "2020-04-15T01:15:19Z")
The user under which I'm running Ansible is not a user on the target node ... but the user I've identified in test.yaml is a user on thae target node, and is a member of the local Administrators group. Thanks for trying to help, appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![NoobSkywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@NoobSkywalker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NoobSkywalker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-with-a-windows-target-node/32683/4 "2020-04-20T17:05:02Z")
Anyone able to help with this? I can provide any other information to aid in the debug if I’ve omitted anything …