I have this method which collects some data about the drive:

        ' Get the information on a drive
        Public Function GetDriveInformation() As Boolean
            Dim lcSQL As String = ""
            Dim llSuccess As Boolean = False
            Dim loQuery As SelectQuery
            Dim loManagementObject As ManagementObject
            Dim loSearcher As ManagementObjectSearcher

            ' Reset the values
            cVolumeName = ""
            cVolumeSerialNumber = ""
            nFreeSpace = 0

            ' Adjust SQL as per type of drive
            Select Case nType

                ' Local drive
                Case 1
                    lcSQL = "SELECT FreeSpace,QuotasDisabled,VolumeName,VolumeSerialNumber " + _
                     "FROM Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE DeviceID=""" + cProviderName + """"

                    ' UNC drive
                Case 2
                    lcSQL = "SELECT FreeSpace,QuotasDisabled,VolumeName,VolumeSerialNumber " + _
                     "FROM Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE ProviderName=""" + cProviderName + """"

            End Select

            loQuery = New SelectQuery(lcSQL)
            loSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher(loQuery)

            For Each loManagementObject In loSearcher.Get()

                ' In Windows Service, this doesn't work
                Try

                    ' Free disk space is irrelevant if per user quota's are enabled
                    If loManagementObject("QuotasDisabled").ToString() <> "true" Then
                        cVolumeName = loManagementObject("VolumeName")
                        nFreeSpace = loManagementObject("Freespace")
                        llSuccess = True
                    End If

                Catch loError As Exception

                End Try

                llSuccess = True
                cVolumeSerialNumber = loManagementObject("VolumeSerialNumber")
            Next

            Return llSuccess
        End Function

Basically, I just found out that loManagementObject("VolumeSerialNumber") won't work in Windows Service when the service is started by Windows. I am just trying to know why this is not authorized. Also, this means I would have to scrap that entire code and replace that with something else.

Any comment on that situation?