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Note Many settings can be "overridden" by some users.
Adding a reference to the "System.Management" Namespace to your project would provide access to various serial numbers and additional system information. I have a separate web page dedicated to NuGet and that page has an example which references "System.Management." (The examples on this page do not require NuGet but you may find some of the "System.Management" information useful.)

' Computer and User Names
Public Function UserName() As String
 Return My.User.Name
End Function
Public Function User_Authenticated() As Boolean
 Return My.User.IsAuthenticated
Return
Public Function Computer_Name() As String
 Return My.Computer.Name
End Function
Public Function User_Domain_Name() As String
 Return SystemInformation.UserDomainName
End Function

' Operating System
Public Function BootMode() As String
 ' NormalStart, SafeMode etc.
 Return SystemInformation.BootMode.ToString
End Function

' Hardware
Public Function ListDisDrives() As List(Of String)
 Dim ret As New List(Of String)
 For Each d As IO.DriveInfo In My.Computer.FileSystem.Drives
  ret.Add("Drive," & d.Name)
 Next
 Return ret
End Function
'
Public Function IsDiskDriveAvailable(driveletter As String) As Boolean
 Try
  Return New DriveInfo(driveletter).IsReady.ToString
 Catch ex As Exception
 End Try
 Return False
End Function
Public Function DriveType(driveletter As String) As String
 Try
  Dim di As New DriveInfo(driveletter)
  Return di.DriveType.ToString
 Catch ex As Exception
 End Try
 Return String.Empty
End Function
Public Function DriveFormat(driveletter As String) As String
 Try
  Dim di As New DriveInfo(driveletter)
  If di.IsReady then
   Return di.DriveFormat
  End If
 Catch ex As Exception
 End Try
 Return String.Empty
End Function
Public Function DriveAvailableSpace(driveletter As String) As Long
 Try
  Dim di As New DriveInfo(driveletter)
  If di.IsReady then
   Return di.AvailableFreeSpace
  End If
 Catch Ex As Exception
 End Try
 Return 0
 ' Returns number of bytes as Long (not integer)
 ' Result could exceed Integer.Maxvalue
End Function
Public Function DriveVolumeLabel(driveletter As String) As String
 Try
  Dim di As New DriveInfo(driveletter)
  If di.IsReady then
   Return di.VolumeLabel
  End If
 Catch ex As Exception
 End Try
 Return String.Empty
End Function

' Memory
Public Function ComputerMemoryInstalled() As Long
 ' returns Long because value could exceed Integer.MaxValue
 ' Returns bytes
 Return My.Computer.Info.TotalPhysicalMemory
End Function

Public Function NumberOfMonitors() As Integer
 Return SystemInformation.MonitorCount
End Function

Public Function IsOnANetwork() As Boolean
 Return My.Computer.Network.IsAvailable
End Function

' Operating System
Public Function OS_Name As String
 Return My.Computer.Info.OSFullName
End Function
Public Function Is_64_Bit_OS As Boolean
 Return Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem
End Function
Public Function OS_Country_Setting As String
 Dim g As Globalization.RegionInfo = Globalization.RegionInfo.CurrentRegion
 Return g.EnglishName
End Function
  

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