dont work for win7 64bit.
if someone has more free time than I, could looky at:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?622160-RESOLVED-DigitalProductId-VB-2010-on-Win7-x64

otherwise I need to come back and take a crack at it.
the original code returns BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB and allen's version returns nothing.
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