When compiling without external signer support, the resulted `bench_bitcoin.exe` fails on Windows:
```
>.\bench_bitcoin.exe -filter=AddrManSelectByNetwork
Error: bad optional access
```

Steps to reproduce the failure:
- cross compiling on Ubuntu 22.04:
```
$ make -j $(nproc) -C depends HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 NO_QT=1
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site --disable-external-signer
$ make -j $(nproc)
```
- compiling natively on Windows:

Apply the diff as follows:
```diff
--- a/build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h.in
+++ b/build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h.in
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 /* Define this symbol to enable ZMQ functions */
 #define ENABLE_ZMQ 1
 
-/* define if external signer support is enabled (requires Boost::Process) */
-#define ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER /**/
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the declaration of `be16toh', and to 0 if you
    don't. */
 #define HAVE_DECL_BE16TOH 0
```
Then
```
>py -3 build_msvc\msvc-autogen.py
>msbuild build_msvc\bitcoin.sln -property:Configuration=Release -verbosity:minimal
>src\bench_bitcoin.exe -filter=AddrManSelectByNetwork
Error: bad optional access
```

---

The failure does not manifest itself when running `bench_bitcoin.exe` using Wine on Linux.
gArgs.ClearPathCache();
    {
        SetupServerArgs(*m_node.args);
        std::string error;
        if (!m_node.args->ParseParameters(arguments.size(), arguments.data(), error)) {
            m_node.args->ClearArgs();
            throw std::runtime_error{error};
        }
    }
    SelectParams(chainType);
    SeedInsecureRand();
    if (G_TEST_LOG_FUN) LogInstance().PushBackCallback(G_TEST_LOG_FUN);
    InitLogging(*m_node.args);
    AppInitParameterInteraction(*m_node.args);
    LogInstance().StartLogging();
    m_node.kernel = std::make_unique<kernel::Context>();
    SetupEnvironment();
    SetupNetworking();
    ValidationCacheSizes validation_cache_sizes{};
    ApplyArgsManOptions(*m_node.args, validation_cache_sizes);
    Assert(InitSignatureCache(validation_cache_sizes.signature_cache_bytes));
    Assert(InitScriptExecutionCache(validation_cache_sizes.script_execution_cache_bytes));
    m_node.chain = interfaces::MakeChain(m_node);
    static bool noui_connected = false;
    if (!noui_connected) {
        noui_connect();
        noui_connected = true;
    }
}
BasicTestingSetup::~BasicTestingSetup()