The MFEVTPS.exe (McAfee Validation Trust Protection) service does not start when VSE 8.8 Patch 6 is installed on Windows 10 TH2 systems using the Secure Boot feature of Credential Guard. The MFEVTPS.exe service depends on the Mfehidk driver, which can't be loaded.

Windows Event log example entries:

ERROR,<date>,<time>,Service Control Manager,None,7000,N/A,<ComputerName>,The McAfee Inc. mfehidk service failed to start due to the following error:   %%193  ,6D 00 66 00 65 00 68 00 69 00 64 00 6B 00 00 00

ERROR,<date>,<time>,Service Control Manager,None,7001,N/A,<ComputerName>,The McAfee Validation Trust Protection Service service depends on the McAfee Inc. mfehidk service which failed to start because of the following error:   %%193  ,6D 00 66 00 65 00 76 00 74 00 70 00 00 00