The version that you downloaded works for JBoss-4.2.3 GA version too. You can ignore the "JBoss Application Server 5.0 is starting" message or you can even edit to anything of your choice in the service.bat: set SVCDISP=JBoss Application Server 5.0 | set SVCDESC=JBoss Application Server 5.0.0 GA/Platform: Windows x86 | You can change these. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4195042#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...