diff --git a/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/main.tf b/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/main.tf
index 47ede6016d..5e936da058 100644
--- a/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/main.tf
+++ b/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/main.tf
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ resource "archive_file" "boundary_src_zip" {
   type        = "zip"
   source_dir  = var.boundary_src_path
   output_path = "${path.root}/.terraform/tmp/boundary-src.zip"
-  excludes    = ["**/enos/**", "**/node_modules/**", "bin/**", "**/.git/**", "plugins/**/*.gz", "website/**"]
+  excludes    = ["**/enos/**", "**/node_modules/**", "bin/**", "**/.git/**", "plugins/**/*.gz", "website/**", "**/ui/.tmp/**"]
 }
 
 resource "enos_local_exec" "add_boundary_src" {
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ resource "enos_local_exec" "run_powershell_script" {
     enos_local_exec.wait_for_ssh,
   ]
 
-  inline = ["ssh -i ${abspath(local_sensitive_file.private_key.filename)} -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no Administrator@${aws_instance.client.public_ip} ${local.test_dir}/${basename(local_file.powershell_script[0].filename)}"]
+  # running this script as test_username so that go modules will be set up for
+  # the user used for RDP tests
+  inline = ["ssh -i ${abspath(local_sensitive_file.private_key.filename)} -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${local.test_username}@${aws_instance.client.public_ip} ${local.test_dir}/${basename(local_file.powershell_script[0].filename)}"]
 }
 
 # used for debug
diff --git a/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/scripts/setup.ps1 b/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/scripts/setup.ps1
index fa60d78d75..915c0a15f2 100644
--- a/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/scripts/setup.ps1
+++ b/enos/modules/aws_windows_client/scripts/setup.ps1
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
 
 # Unzip Boundary CLI to the same directory
+Write-Host "Unzipping Boundary CLI..."
 $destination = Split-Path -Path ${boundary_cli_zip_path}
 Expand-Archive -Path ${boundary_cli_zip_path} -DestinationPath $destination -Force
 
 # Unzip boundary src to new directory
+Write-Host "Unzipping Boundary source code..."
 $base = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension("${boundary_src_zip_path}")
 $src_destination = Join-Path (Split-Path ${boundary_src_zip_path}) $base
 Expand-Archive -Path ${boundary_src_zip_path} -DestinationPath $src_destination -Force
@@ -58,11 +60,13 @@ choco install cmake --version 3.31.8 -y
 refreshenv
 
 # Set the github token if provided
+Write-Host "Checking if GitHub token is provided..."
 if ("${github_token}" -ne "") {
     # configure git to be able to download from private repos
     git config --system url."https://oauth2:${github_token}@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
 
     # download opencv artifact if available
+    Write-Host "Downloading OpenCV artifact.."
     [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_TOKEN", "${github_token}", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
     choco install gh -y
     refreshenv
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ if ("${github_token}" -ne "") {
     )
 
     # go mod download
+    Write-Host "Downloading Go modules at $src_destination..."
     cd $src_destination
     go mod download
 }