I was directed to post my request for re-opening of a question from Comms Room here. The following questions was closed as off-topic, but it is no 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 http://serverfault.com/questions/585645/windows-7-wmi-odbc-driver-installation I believe the following two actions should have taken place: 1) The topic should no have been close at all, particularly not under the "off topic" rule. 2) the topic /could/ have been migrated to stackoverflow, but it is not a programming question, so that is invalid. Thanks, Matt