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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Just a bit of advice here. Always plug the same device into the same port it used last time. Due to the port number re-assignment process changing ports can eventually cause some issue as the list of changes accumulates at the PC. Just good practice and reduces problems.  |
This shouldn't happen on modern iterations of Windows but folks who are still running Windows XP on their obs PC may encounter issues if you have a high number of USB devices with frequent port changes over a long period.
At worst it will just create superfluous registry entries, any other behavior is likely a fault of the USB device itself. On newer versions of Windows you can display these placeholder devices by selecting the "Show Phantom Devices" menu entry in Device Manager, but under normal circumstances there shouldn't be a need to remove them.