You can [Answer your own question](http://superuser.com/help/self-answer): > **Can I answer my own question?** > > Yes! Stack Exchange has always explicitly encouraged users to answer > their own questions. If you have a question that you already know the > answer to, and you would like to document that knowledge in public so > that others (including yourself) can find it later, it's perfectly > okay to ask and answer your own question on a Stack Exchange site. > > To encourage people to do this, there is a checkbox at the bottom of > the page every time you ask a question. If you have more than 15 > reputation and already know the answer, click the checkbox that says > "Answer your own question" at the bottom of the Ask Question page. > Type in your answer, then submit both question and answer together. > > Alternatively, you may go back and add an answer to your own question > at any time. > > You can also accept your own answer, but you must wait 48 hours to do > so. After all, someone else may come along with an even better > solution to your problem!