The answer is your Java. Same problem happened to me. Go to http://www.freenethelp.org:14741/InstallingFreenet
And follow the instructions. I don't know why the freenet page doesn't have this instruction but once you download and install Java 5.0 The installation will be successful. Good luck. -rich- On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Ermanno Baschiera <ebaschiera at gmail.com> wrote: > Try redownloading the Freenet installer from the website. It seems > that the today new release fixes some bugs with your issues. > > -ermanno > > 2008/2/24, Dark Icer <kevin.kenneybrew at gmail.com>: > > FreeNet don't work for me and I receive this error when i try to start a > > node: > > > > Starting FreeNet > > The service name is invalid. > > > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185 > > > > Press any key to continue... > > > > > > when I install FreeNet I get the following message as well: > > > > Registering .fref file extension > > "Offline installation mode" > > Downloading update.cmd > > Setting up plugins > > -JSTUN > > -MDNSDiscovery > > -UPnP > > -XMLLibrarian > > Detecting tcp port availability > > Installing the wrapper > > - Creating a user for freenet > > The password does not meet the password policy requirements. Check the > > minimum password length, password complexity and password history > > requirements. > > > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2245. > > > > - Hiding the freenet user from the login screen > > - Tweaking the permissions of the freenet user > > - Changing file permissions > > - Registering Freenet as a system service > > wrapper | CreateService failed - The account name is invalid or does > not > > exist, or the password is invalid for the account name specified. > (0x421) > > - Start the node up > > The service name is invalid. > > > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185. > > > > Spawning up a browser > > The system cannot find the file D:\Program Files\Freenet\welcome.html. > > Downloading Thaw > > Setting Thaw up > > Setting Frost up > > > > > > -- > > Kevin Kenneybrew > > Kevin.Kenneybrew at GMail.com > > KKenneybrew at Hotmail.com > > Dark_Icer at Yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Support mailing list > > Support at freenetproject.org > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > > Unsubscribe at > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > Or > > mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support at freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20080226/b050628c/attachment.html>