title: Very Slow Maven
body: <pre><code>C:\eclipse\workspace&gt;mvn --version
  Apache Maven 3.5.2 
  Maven home: C:\apache\maven\bin\..
  Java version: 1.7.0_65, vendor: Oracle Corporation
  Java home: C:\Java\jdk1.7.0_65\jre
  Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
  </code></pre>
  
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  <pre><code>C:\eclipse\workspace&gt;mvn archetype:generate
  [INFO] Scanning for projects...
  Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.4/maven-install-plugin-2.4.pom
  Progress (1): 6.4 kB
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Maven is very slow on my computer. I executed <code>mvn archetype:generate</code> and it's sitting at this point for 15 minutes. My internet connection is fast. I can download a large library from the internet in short time.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone suggest a solution?</p>