We at Team Centennial Jesus Molina Mexico Jersey , the car and truck leasing and sales force in Phoenix AZ, have long wondered just how much credibility to attach to the multiples types of automobile reviews we see in so many magazines, newspapers and online.

Even before those of us on the team became so deeply involved with automobile sales in Phoenix, and in serving so many Arizonans, we as consumers were always curious. Now Jesus Manuel Corona Mexico Jersey , as Marc Rauch of The Auto Channel has commented, the Wall Street Journal has, in effect, "blown the whistle" on the situation.

In the Journal's May 10th article, it was stated that auto manufacturers dole out as much as $35 Javier Hernandez Mexico Jersey ,000 per vehicle for the right to use and quote a positive Consumers Digest car review. In particular, the story says General Motors has recently paid Consumers Digest as much as $335,000 to sing the praises of more than a dozen different 2010 models. Nissan, KIA and Ford are other car makers who have "appropriated" use of the endorsements. Chrysler is currently negotiating their "license fee" for usage of such praise.

Auto writers and industry insiders have long known or suspected that car magazine endorsements and Car-of-the-Year-type recognition was often based upon the amount of advertising that a carmaker bought in a particular publication. Now we see WSJ's published expose of how Consumers Digest, a monthly print magazine and website Javier Aquino Mexico Jersey , has operated their particular pay-to-play scheme.

Indeed, The Journal piece reports that such payments are one of Consumers Digest's primary revenue streams.

However, CR's editor, Rich Dzierwa, said the fees don't influence its picks Hugo Ayala Mexico Jersey , and each winner is described in its magazine. However, WSJ points out that the Website only publishes the reviews of those manufacturers who have paid the fee. The reviews are written by free-lance writers. Consumers Digest's editors and the publisher then decides on the winners.

Dzierwa also said that "There is no pressure on the editorial staff to consider products, to consider vehicles because either they have been licensees or because there is a possibility that they will be."

Also interesting is the fact that J.D. Power & Associates, while not a print publisher (although they are a web publisher among other things), sells results of their surveys to car makers and charges licensing fees for the use of those results in promotional campaigns. J.D. Power's fees run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Now Hirving Lozano Mexico Jersey , as pros in Online auto sales and leasing, and since there's obviously a great deal of money on the table in writing glowing reviews, I and my compadres at Team Centennial, as a longtime observers of the scene, can't help but wonder about the veracity of many of the reviews we see. . . Hmmm.

The good news is Hector Moreno Mexico Jersey , since we have no "dog in the race," our Phoenix automobile sales professionals will always give you the straight scoop. Our business has been built on your trust and satisfaction.

By the way, says Rauch, The Auto Channel has never asked for or accepted money from a car maker for the use of its text or video reviews, and has never charged for the use of our sound-bite quotes. He adds Hector Herrera Mexico Jersey , "In the years that The Auto Channel has bestowed car-of-the-year awards, not only did we not charge any kind of use-fee for the notoriety, we have never asked the manufacturers to pay for the trophies."

For what Rauch terms "honest positive and negative reviews from real professionals," see The Auto Channel's Reviews.
Setting up a Windows Time Server Computers Articles | February 22, 2007
This article introduces how to set up the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 operating systems to operate as a NTP time server. The article describes how to modify registry entries to configure the Windows Time Service.

The latest Windows operating systems from Microsoft have a time synchronization service installed by default called ?Windows Time'. The time service allows a Windows network to provide time synchronization of all machines within a domain. This article introduces how to set up the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 operating systems to operate as a NTP time server. The article describes how to modify registry entries to configure the Windows Time Service.

Before modifying any registry entries it is a good idea to backup the registry. In the even of any problems Guillermo Ochoa Mexico Jersey , the registry can then be restored to its former state.

Windows 2000Windows 2000 has an integrated network time synchronization service, installed by default, which can be configured to synchronize to a Time Server. In fact, by changing associated registry settings, the service can act as both a time client and a time server to synchronize other network time clients.

The Windows Time service should be present in the systems service list. The application executable is 'w32time.exe'. The parameter list for time service should be present in the in the registry at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeParametersThe Windows 2000 operating system can operate as a time client and synchronize to a time server by setting the parameter 'NTP Server' to the IP address of a Time Server.

By default Giovani Dos Santos Mexico Jersey , the Windows 2000 machine will synchronize to the specified time server every 8 hours, or 3 times a day. This may not be enough to maintain accurate synchronization and can be easily increased. Setting the ?Period' parameter to how many times each day synchronization is required can reduce the period. Setting the ?Period' parameter to 48 will activate synchronization with the time server once every half hour.