I was directed to post my request for re-opening of a question from Comms Room here. The following question was closed as off-topic, but it is not off-topic as defined. > "Questions must be relevant to professional system administration. Server Fault is dedicated to professional system and network administrators. End user and enthusiast questions are off-topic (contact your system administrator or hire a professional to help you out). Please see the Help Center for more information." – SvW, Falcon Momot, mdpc, Ward, Nathan C https://serverfault.com/questions/585645/windows-7-wmi-odbc-driver-installation I believe the following two actions should have taken place: 1. The topic should not have been closed at all, particularly not under the "off topic" rule. 2. The topic _could_ have been migrated to Stack Overflow, but it is not a programming question, so that is invalid.