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Today I have asked a question regarding the windows VPN client link and answered it to share my knowledge. I got a downvote for both the question and the answer. May I know what is wrong in knowledge sharing?

Please help me understand how can I improve them?

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  • Just a warning: don't post minor issues that aren't even issues here on meta. Please delete it or I guarantee you'll get a ton crap of downvotes here too :) – ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq Jan 6 '16 at 4:16
  • @ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq, I approved your edits. 1 upvote for your edited questions. – manjesh23 Jan 6 '16 at 4:27
  • Some SE sites/users encourage self-answered questions while other sites/users discourage them. To understand Stack Overflow policies and its community sentiment a more appropriate place to ask about a question you posted there would be [meta.so]. – PolyGeo Jan 6 '16 at 4:28
  • @manjesh23 I will edit my post to explain reputation system a bit more, since I don't think you get it. – ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq Jan 6 '16 at 4:29
  • @ʇolɐǝzǝɥʇqoq Roger that – manjesh23 Jan 6 '16 at 4:31
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    Are you asking why you were downvoted, or are you asking how to improve your questions? The former is unanswerable, the latter is much more constructive. – user4639281 Jan 6 '16 at 4:32
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    Well, for one, your question is completely off-topic for SO, as it's not a programming question, it's a question about troubleshooting an application. – Rob Jan 6 '16 at 4:35
  • Is this your question and answer? Your quesiton is totally off-topic for Stack Overflow. It isn't about programming and you should ask (and answer) it on Super User as well. – Kevin Guan Jan 6 '16 at 4:35
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    That'd make a pretty good answer, @Kevin... – Shog9 Jan 6 '16 at 4:37
  • @Shog9: Oh yeah, let me post one. – Kevin Guan Jan 6 '16 at 4:38
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  • Told you about the incoming downvotes :) – ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq Jan 6 '16 at 4:45
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    Possible duplicate of When is it justifiable to downvote a question? – Bjørn-Roger Kringsjå Jan 6 '16 at 5:16
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    I don't think sticking "When is it justifiable to downvote a question?" is very helpful for beginners, especially when asking improvements from specific questions – ggrr Jan 6 '16 at 7:18
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    @Bjørn-RogerKringsjå no, duplicate of Tried to add a self-answered wiki-post, but just got downvotes – gnat Jan 6 '16 at 14:00
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So I found your question and answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34625382/uninstall-broken-sonicwall-gvc/34625404 (deleted, for 10k+ users)

Your question is totally off-topic for Stack Overflow. It isn't about programming. You should ask (and answer) it on Super User as well.

From our close reasons:

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  • computer software, or
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