Getting Mimetype .NET

Private Function MimeType(Filename As String) As String
 Dim mime As String = "application/octetstream"
 Dim ext As String = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(Filename).ToLower()
 Dim rk As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(ext)
 If rk IsNot Nothing AndAlso rk.GetValue("Content Type") IsNot Nothing Then
  mime = rk.GetValue("Content Type").ToString()
 End If
 Return mime
End Function

In short - you just feed it with path top a file - and get back the mime type. Ex MimeType("f:\\theimage.jpg") --->>> "image/jpeg"

Retrieve Windows Product Key Function

I found a nice little function to retrieve the Windows Product Key.
Credits go to Digital Thunder : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/SysInfo.aspx

' Usage : GetProductKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\")

' A function that retrieves the product key used to install Windows.

    Public Function GetProductKey(ByVal regKey As String) As String

        ' This function will retreive the digital product ID from the registry 

        ' and decode it into the CD key used to install a Microsoft product.

        ' All that is needed is the registry path to the digital proudct ID block

        ' for the product in question.

        Dim validChars() As String = {"B", "C", "D", "F", "G", "H", "J", "K", "M", _

                                      "P", "Q", "R", "T", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "2", _

                                      "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", "9"}

        Dim CDKey As String = ""

        Dim encodedKey(15) As Byte

        Dim digitalProductID As Byte()

        Dim dpidDataBlock As Object

        ' Get the Digital Product ID data-block from the registry.

        dpidDataBlock = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue(regKey, "DigitalProductId", 0)

        If dpidDataBlock Is Nothing Then Return "Not Available"

        digitalProductID = DirectCast(dpidDataBlock, Byte())

        ' Extract the encoded CD key (15 bytes) from the digital product ID block.

        For n As Integer = 52 To 67

            encodedKey(n - 52) = digitalProductID(n)

        Next

        ' Decode the CD key.

        ' Note: The actual CD key is not stored in the registry; only the positions  

        ' within the validChars() array of the characters that make up the CD key

        ' are stored and encoded.

        For i As Integer = 28 To 0 Step -1

            ' Calculate where the dashes are.

            If ((i + 1) Mod 6) = 0 Then

                CDKey += " - "

            Else

                Dim j As Integer = 0

                For k As Integer = 14 To 0 Step -1

                    Dim Value As Integer = CInt(CLng(j * 2 ^ 8) Or encodedKey(k))

                    encodedKey(k) = CByte(Value \ 24)

                    ' Position within the validChar() array of the character to add to the CD key string.

                    j = Value Mod 24

                Next

                CDKey += validChars(j)

            End If

        Next

        Return StrReverse(CDKey)

    End Function