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Windows 10 creating new virtual USB ports upon reboot or new user

We have 1 PC I'm each department for business continuity that has either an HP or a Xerox MFD installed via USB. At first everything works and is on usb001. Upon reboot or even a new user logging on, the OS is creating new virtual USB ports for the printer. I have one device up to usb0035. It does not delete the old ports and I am unable to delete them. Our users don't have access to update the USB port to the newest one. I am wondering else if someone else has seen this behavior or knows of a solution on how to prevent it. I've seen where people talk about turning off UPNP, but that isn't an

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