diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
index 22b94fc000..c6aa882b91 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/setup.ps1
@@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ if($gather_subset.Contains('platform')) {
     $win32_os = Get-LazyCimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem
     $ip_props = [System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPGlobalProperties]::GetIPGlobalProperties()
 
+    try {
+        $ansible_reboot_pending = Get-PendingRebootStatus
+    } catch {
+        # fails for non-admin users, set to null in this case
+        $ansible_reboot_pending = $null
+    }
+
     $ansible_facts += @{
         ansible_architecture = $win32_os.OSArchitecture
         ansible_domain = $ip_props.DomainName
@@ -320,7 +327,7 @@ if($gather_subset.Contains('platform')) {
         ansible_owner_contact = ([string] $win32_cs.PrimaryOwnerContact)
         ansible_owner_name = ([string] $win32_cs.PrimaryOwnerName)
         # FUTURE: should this live in its own subset?
-        ansible_reboot_pending = (Get-PendingRebootStatus)
+        ansible_reboot_pending = $ansible_reboot_pending
         ansible_system = $osversion.Platform.ToString()
         ansible_system_description = ([string] $win32_os.Description)
         ansible_system_vendor = $win32_cs.Manufacturer
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webbinding.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webbinding.ps1
index 94d827f94e..5c479a1be0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webbinding.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webbinding.ps1
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ ElseIf (-not $current_bindings -and $state -eq 'present')
     $result.changed = $true
     $result.operation_type = 'added'
     $result.website_state = (Get-Website | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $Name}).State
-    $result.binding_info = Create-BindingInfo (Get-SingleWebBinding $binding_parameters)
+
+    # incase there are no bindings we do a check before calling Create-BindingInfo
+    $web_binding = Get-SingleWebBinding $binding_parameters
+    if ($web_binding) {
+        $result.binding_info = Create-BindingInfo $web_binding
+    } else {
+        $result.binding_info = $null
+    } 
     Exit-Json $result
 }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_stat.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_stat.ps1
index f44e9b848d..e7ffdd59ea 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_stat.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_stat.ps1
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ If ($info -ne $null) {
         # checksum = a file and get_checksum: True
         # md5 = a file and get_md5: True
     }
-    $stat.owner = $info.GetAccessControl().Owner
+    try {
+        $stat.owner = $info.GetAccessControl().Owner
+    } catch {
+        # may not have rights, historical behaviour was to just set to $null
+        # due to ErrorActionPreference being set to "Continue"
+        $stat.owner = $null
+    }
 
     # values that are set according to the type of file
     if ($info.Attributes.HasFlag([System.IO.FileAttributes]::Directory)) {
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_route/files/Test-Os.ps1 b/test/integration/targets/win_route/files/Test-Os.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index f91aa91c40..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_route/files/Test-Os.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-$os = [Environment]::OSVersion
-$major = $os.Version.Major
-$minor = $os.Version.Minor
-$ok = $false
-
-if(($major -gt 6)){
-    $ok = $true
-}
-elseif (($major -eq 6) -and ($minor -ge 3)){
-    $ok = $true
-}
-
-$ok
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_route/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_route/tasks/main.yml
index 79e1838b9a..b0f40dd06c 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_route/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_route/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 - name: get os info
-  script: ../files/Test-Os.ps1
+  win_shell: '[Environment]::OSVersion.Version -ge [Version]"6.3"'
   register: os
 
 - name: Perform with os Windows 2012R2 or newer