iphone cant connect to pc via itunes/apple devies

[Windows 10]

whenever i try to connect my iphone 16 to my PC 1 of 3 things happen1 - nothing on iTunes or apple devices states that it sees an iPhone is connected but doesn't recognise it so I need to replug the phone2 - perpetual loading on both3 - it connects for 10-15 seconds then disconnects. here is what I've done so far and I still get the exact same result. changed USB cables, changed phones, updated all software and devices, used both iTunes and apple devices sepperatly. used older version of iTunes, updated apple bus drivers on PC, reset privacy on iPhone to re-trust PC, disabled windows defender,

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