Instant File Initialization | Lock Pages in Memory Issues I have a server that I'm coming onto performance tune and for the life of me I can'g get these rights enabled.  So I ran 

PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\NOFAULT2010\DEFAULT+sa\&gt; whoami
nofault\administrator


Then

PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\NOFAULT2010\DEFAULT+sa\&gt; whoami /priv

PRIVILEGES INFORMATION
----------------------

Privilege Name                  Description                               State
=============================== ========================================= ========
SeLockMemoryPrivilege           Lock pages in memory                      Disabled
SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege        Adjust memory quotas for a process        Enabled
SeSecurityPrivilege             Manage auditing and security log          Disabled
SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege        Take ownership of files or other objects  Disabled
SeLoadDriverPrivilege           Load and unload device drivers            Disabled
SeSystemProfilePrivilege        Profile system performance                Disabled
SeSystemtimePrivilege           Change the system time                    Disabled
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege Profile single process                    Disabled
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege Increase scheduling priority              Disabled
SeCreatePagefilePrivilege       Create a pagefile                         Disabled
SeBackupPrivilege               Back up files and directories             Disabled
SeRestorePrivilege              Restore files and directories             Disabled
SeShutdownPrivilege             Shut down the system                      Enabled
SeDebugPrivilege                Debug programs                            Enabled
SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege    Modify firmware environment values        Disabled
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege         Bypass traverse checking                  Enabled
SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege       Force shutdown from a remote system       Disabled
SeUndockPrivilege               Remove computer from docking station      Disabled
SeManageVolumePrivilege         Perform volume maintenance tasks          Disabled
SeImpersonatePrivilege          Impersonate a client after authentication Enabled
SeCreateGlobalPrivilege         Create global objects                     Enabled
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege   Increase a process working set            Disabled
SeTimeZonePrivilege             Change the time zone                      Disabled
SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege   Create symbolic links                     Disabled


No prob I go Local Security > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment grant the LockPages in Memory to Network Administrator and perfom volume maintenance tasks.  No Good.

I tried giving the privileges to everyone ( I know bad Idea but just to test )  still no good.  And yes I restarted SQL server after each try.  Has anyone had any similiar issues with this, real cheap performance gain and I usually have no problem with this. 

Thanks
Try setting the services to run as domain/machine account, and give the permissions to that account