Thanks for the response. This is just a "default" install of v6.3. Running as admin, etc etc.
C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64>metricbeat.exe -c metricbeat.yml test modules -d "*" -v -e
2018-07-12T17:39:44.049-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:492 Home path: [C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64] Config path: [C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64] Data path: [C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64\data] Logs path: [C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64\logs]
2018-07-12T17:39:44.056-0400 DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:519 Beat metadata path: C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64\data\meta.json
2018-07-12T17:39:44.064-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:499 Beat UUID: 987c873c-d9d1-4e30-ad71-daded2ed94c3
2018-07-12T17:39:44.066-0400 DEBUG [modules] beater/metricbeat.go:81 Register [ModuleFactory:[docker, mongodb, mysql, postgresql, system, uwsgi, windows], MetricSetFactory:[aerospike/namespace, apache/status, ceph/cluster_disk, ceph/cluster_health, ceph/cluster_status, ceph/monitor_health, ceph/osd_df, ceph/osd_tree, ceph/pool_disk, couchbase/bucket, couchbase/cluster, couchbase/node, docker/container, docker/cpu, docker/diskio, docker/healthcheck, docker/image, docker/info, docker/memory, docker/network, dropwizard/collector, elasticsearch/node, elasticsearch/node_stats, etcd/leader, etcd/self, etcd/store, golang/expvar, golang/heap, graphite/server, haproxy/info, haproxy/stat, http/json, http/server, jolokia/jmx, kafka/consumergroup, kafka/partition, kibana/status, kubernetes/container, kubernetes/event, kubernetes/node, kubernetes/pod, kubernetes/state_container, kubernetes/state_deployment, kubernetes/state_node, kubernetes/state_pod, kubernetes/state_replicaset, kubernetes/state_statefulset, kubernetes/system, kubernetes/volume, kvm/dommemstat, logstash/node, logstash/node_stats, memcached/stats, mongodb/collstats, mongodb/dbstats, mongodb/status, munin/node, mysql/status, nginx/stubstatus, php_fpm/pool, postgresql/activity, postgresql/bgwriter, postgresql/database, prometheus/collector, prometheus/stats, rabbitmq/connection, rabbitmq/node, rabbitmq/queue, redis/info, redis/keyspace, system/core, system/cpu, system/diskio, system/filesystem, system/fsstat, system/memory, system/network, system/process, system/process_summary, system/raid, system/uptime, uwsgi/status, vsphere/datastore, vsphere/host, vsphere/virtualmachine, windows/perfmon, windows/service, zookeeper/mntr]]
2018-07-12T17:39:44.093-0400 DEBUG [cfgfile] cfgfile/cfgfile.go:143 Load config from file: C:\Temp\metricbeat-6.3.1-windows-x86_64\modules.d\system.yml
2018-07-12T17:39:44.115-0400 INFO helper/privileges_windows.go:62 Metricbeat process and system info: {"OSVersion":{"Major":6,"Minor":2,"Build":9200},"Arch":"amd64","NumCPU":8,"User":{"SID":"S-1-5-21-3046630171-3305385774-927799177-1001","Account":"justi","Domain":"DESKTOP-8MFBE3N","Type":1},"ProcessPrivs":{"SeBackupPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeChangeNotifyPrivilege":{"enabled_by_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeCreateGlobalPrivilege":{"enabled_by_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeCreatePagefilePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeDebugPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeDelegateSessionUserImpersonatePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeImpersonatePrivilege":{"enabled_by_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeLoadDriverPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeLockMemoryPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeManageVolumePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeRestorePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSecurityPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeShutdownPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSystemProfilePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSystemtimePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeTimeZonePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeUndockPrivilege":{"enabled":false}}}
2018-07-12T17:39:44.125-0400 INFO helper/privileges_windows.go:94 SeDebugPrivilege is now enabled. SeDebugPrivilege=(Enabled)
system...
process...2018-07-12T17:39:45.221-0400 DEBUG [module] module/wrapper.go:154 Starting metricSetWrapper[module=system, name=process, host=]
2018-07-12T17:39:45.229-0400 DEBUG [processes] process/process.go:443 Skip process pid=0: error getting process state for pid=0: getProcName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=0: The parameter is incorrect.; getProcStatus failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=0: The parameter is incorrect.; getParentPid failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=0: The parameter is incorrect.; getProcCredName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=0: The parameter is incorrect.
2018-07-12T17:39:45.230-0400 DEBUG [processes] process/process.go:443 Skip process pid=4: error getting process state for pid=4: getProcName failed: GetProcessImageFileName failed for pid=4: GetProcessImageFileName failed: invalid argument; getProcCredName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=4: Access is denied.
2018-07-12T17:39:45.238-0400 DEBUG [processes] process/process.go:443 Skip process pid=128: error getting process state for pid=128: getProcCredName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=128: Access is denied.
2018-07-12T17:39:45.247-0400 DEBUG [processes] process/process.go:443 Skip process pid=804: error getting process state for pid=804: getProcCredName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=804: Access is denied.
2018-07-12T17:39:45.249-0400 DEBUG [processes] process/process.go:443 Skip process pid=908: error getting process state for pid=908: getProcCredName failed: OpenProcess failed for pid=908: Access is denied.
2018-07-12T17:39:45.594-0400 ERROR process/process.go:454 Error getting process details. pid=752: error getting process arguments for pid=752: ProcArgs failed for pid=752: could not get Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = 752: wmi: cannot load field "CommandLine" into a "string": unsupported type ()
error... ERROR timeout waiting for an event
now i hit ctrl+c this time around, if I don't, the error's will keep pooling in the screen, yet it's moved on to other modules.