Would removing a Third Party AntiVirus software render Windows Defender Firewall inoperable

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I recently sent my laptop in for repair and ended up getting a new hard drive with the Mcafee LiveScan installed. After uninstalling the third-party software, Windows defender Firewall will not start and gives me the error: 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.


I have tried all I can do to restart the Firewall and is unable to.


My question is: would uninstalling a third-party antivirus render Windows Defender Firewall inoperable and vulnerable?


Please help.

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