Windows 10: Win10 1803 Fail - Needs Non-Existant McAfee Uninstalled

All:
Windows 10 is trying to update to version 1803 (3).
It is halting the update because "Some apps need to be uninstalled".
Specifically - McAfee Internet Security Suite.
I do not have, nor have I ever -intentionally- installed McAfee. I am running Norton Security Suite.
I went to the McAfee site, downloaded and ran MCPR. It ran to completion successfully and I restarted. Still no joy.
Here's the kicker - I went through this exact same issue during a previous major Win 10 upgrade. Microsoft and McAfee were of zero help. The only alternative was to do a complete OS reload from scratch (which was successfully completed). And now I'm running into it again.
I can only imagine there is still some McAfee fragment on my drive that is causing the trouble. My h/w configuration is:
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- GIGABYTE GA-AB350-Gaming 3 Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
- MyDigitalSSD BPX 80mm M.2 PCI Express 3.0 x4 (PCIe Gen3 x4) NVMe MLC SSD (480GB)
- Running Win10 Pro 64-bit v.1709 build 16299.431
Does anyone have any idea how I can get around this without (a) ignoring Win10 updates and (b) reloading Win10 from scratch?

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Unable to uninstall McAfee

Have you tried the Mcafee uninstall/clean up tool?

Download and run the MCPR tool:

• Download the MCPR tool from http://us.mcafee.com/apps/supporttools/mcpr/mcpr.asp and save it to a temporary folder on your computer.
  
  
  
  NOTE: Because the MCPR tool is updated periodically, always download a new copy before each use to ensure that it can recognize and fully remove newer McAfee products.
  
  
• Browse to the folder where you saved the file and double-click MCPR.exe.
• If you see a User Account Control dialog box, click Yes.
• At the McAfee Software Removal screen, click Next.
• At the End User License Agreement (EULA) dialog box, click Next to accept the agreement.
• When prompted, type the Captcha information exactly as seen (it is case-sensitive) and then click Next. (This step minimizes accidental executions of MCPR.)
• If you have Family Protection installed, follow steps a and b below. Otherwise, continue to step 8.
  • Type your Family Protection Administrator name and Password, then click Next.
  • If authentication fails, follow the on-screen instructions to obtain an uninstall code.
• When you see the CleanUp Successful message, restart your computer to completely remove your McAfee product.

 

How to remove non-existent device permanently?

Hi,

The drivers for your Touchpad is still installed in your PC that's why the device keeps reappearing. You may need to uninstall Touchpad in Device Manager. But since it doesn't appear in Device Manager, we suggest checking the hidden devices. Please follow
the troubleshooting steps shared by Vikrant Yadav on this
link.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.