<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>
       <Path Namespace="root\WMI" Class="WmiMonitorID" Name="Monitor">
                                                   <Property Name="ManufacturerName" isByteArray="1"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="ProductCodeID" isByteArray="1"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="SerialNumberID" isByteArray="1"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="UserFriendlyName" isByteArray="1"></Property>
       </Path>
       <Path Namespace="root\cimv2" Class="Win32_Processor" Name="Processor">
                                                   <Property Name="Name" isByteArray="0"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="Description" isByteArray="0"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="NumberOfCores" isByteArray="0"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="NumberOfLogicalProcessors" isByteArray="0"></Property>
                                                   <Property Name="ProcessorId" isByteArray="0"></Property>
       </Path>
</Root>

Imports System.Xml.Serialization

<Serializable(), XmlType("Property")>
Public Class WMI_Property
    <XmlAttributeAttribute("Name")> Property Name As String
    <XmlAttributeAttribute("isByteArray")> Property isByteArray As String
End Class

<Serializable(), XmlRoot("Root"), XmlType("Path")>
Public Class WMI_Path
    <XmlAttributeAttribute("Namespace")> Property [Namespace] As String
    <XmlAttributeAttribute("Class")> Property [Class] As String
    <XmlAttributeAttribute("Name")> Property [Name] As String
    ' Вот тут непонятно, как указать сериалайзеру, что нужно заполнить лист из элементов Property???
    Property WMI_Properties As New List(Of WMI_Property)
End Class

<Serializable(), XmlType("Root")>
Public Class WMI_Collection
    <XmlElement("Path")> Property WMI_Properties As New List(Of WMI_Path)
End Class

Sub Main()
        Dim col As WMI_Collection
        Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(WMI_Collection))
        Using reader As TextReader = New StringReader(InventoryParameters.ToString)
            col = serializer.Deserialize(reader)
        End Using

    End Sub