Cannot create Maven Project in eclipse

Question

I have Eclipse Luna and Maven 3.2.3 installed on a Windows 7 machine behind a corporate firewall.

Trying to create a project from an archetype results in the follow

Answer 1

I GOT THIS problem too, and I solved it finally, this is the solution:

go to windows-->preference-->maven-->user settings

Change the settings.xml path to a valid path.

The path maybe not under .m2 directory (in your home directory)..