Error creating a simple maven project

Hi, I am new to Spring Sts,I downloaded the 2.9.2 zipped version for windows OS. I am trying to create a simple maven project
New-> Other -> Maven -> Maven project.

I am getting some errors from the pom file after the project is generated. Can someone help explain to me what i have done wrong or is there some extra setting needed?

I did a search on similar errors and the closest I can get was about firewall and proxy. I am not using any proxy and i have try disable the windows firewall and I am not using other firewall application and it is still getting the same error.


Error Message below:

Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration:org.apache.maven.plugin(click for 3 more)

CoreException: Could not calculate build plan: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:2.3.2: ArtifactResolutionException: Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:pom:2.3.2 from http://repo1.maven.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:pom:2.3.2 from/to central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Invalid argument: getsockname to http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ap...ugin-2.3.2.pom


plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (execution: default-testCompile, phase: test-compile)

Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (execution: default-compile, phase: compile)


Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:pom:2.4.3 from http://repo1.maven.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:pom:2.4.3 from/to central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Invalid argument: getsockname to http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/ap...ugin-2.4.3.pom

Hey!

Regarding the "plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration", I would recommend to take a look here:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2E_plugin_e...on_not_covered

But that doesn't seem to be the real problem. It looks indeed like a connectivity problem. If you have disabled the Windows firewall already, it could be a JDK 1.7 problem. Can you try to run STS with JDK 1.6 instead to see if that solves the problem?

HTH,
-Martin