## Participation Node Interaction

I am running a participation node on a windows machine. I have been interacting with the node via command line tools. Is this the best way? If not, what is the best way to interact with the node from a windows machine? Thanks in advance.

## Permissions Issues

I’ve read that there may be an issue with permissions in the current version? When I try to run `goal node stop` I get ‘Cannot kill node: OpenProcess: Access is denied’. I’m having similar versions of this error when attempting to register partkeys online. I’ve seen other users have success with the…

## Consensus Participation

Thank you for the response. I was able to delete the old partkey by stopping the node first. I’ve taken my node offline temporarily and switched to the testnet to become more familiar with proper interaction.

## Consensus Participation

I have a participation node set up on my Windows 10 pro desktop. I used the installer from Randlabs github page. The node installed fine, fastcatchup to sync with the network went well and I was able to create a participation key. I am interacting with the node via command line tools. I am having t…