XMRig: enabling 'Huge Pages' (administrator credentials)

[eMTee72]

XMRig should be started with administrator credentials (on the first run), This will allow the enabling of 'Huge Pages', which improves the hash-rate considerably.

[tutulino]

only first run?

[eMTee72]

On first run, settings are changed (in Windows) only if/when run with admin credentials. They actually require a reboot to get activated. As of second run, no admin credentials needed anymore. As a reference, see this blog: https://steemkr.com/monero/@tobiasrieper/improve-your-cpu-monero-xmr-mining-up-to-20-with-huge-pages However, they are not mentioning anything about a second (or later) run, but out of my own experience: no admin credentials needed on later runs anymore. On my Rig, it now says (without running XMRig with admin credentials):

• HUGE PAGES: available, enabled