title: Cannot install socket.io on windows Error: connect EACCESS
body: <p>I am new to what I'm doing now (Node.js,socket.io).<br><br>
  I've already installed Node.js and now I'm trying to install socket.io but I am having this EACCESS error. Thank you for the help!<br></p>
  
  <p>I'm using Windows 7 x64<br>
  I ran cmd with privileges.<br>
  and then</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm install socket.io
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the log:</p>
  
  <pre><code>0 info it worked if it ends with ok
  1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe',
  1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
  1 verbose cli   'install',
  1 verbose cli   'socket.io' ]
  2 info using npm@1.3.14
  3 info using node@v0.10.22
  4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe
  5 verbose cache add [ 'socket.io', null ]
  6 verbose cache add name=undefined spec="socket.io" args=["socket.io",null]
  7 verbose parsed url { protocol: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   slashes: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   auth: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   host: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   port: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   hostname: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   hash: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   search: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   query: null,
  7 verbose parsed url   pathname: 'socket.io',
  7 verbose parsed url   path: 'socket.io',
  7 verbose parsed url   href: 'socket.io' }
  8 silly lockFile 71475bfd-socket-io socket.io
  9 verbose lock socket.io C:\Users\Bobby\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\71475bfd-socket-    io.lock
  10 silly lockFile 71475bfd-socket-io socket.io
  11 silly lockFile 71475bfd-socket-io socket.io
  12 verbose addNamed [ 'socket.io', '' ]
  13 verbose addNamed [ null, '*' ]
  14 silly lockFile c03de861-socket-io socket.io@
  15 verbose lock socket.io@ C:\Users\Bobby\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\c03de861-socket-    io.lock
  16 silly addNameRange { name: 'socket.io', range: '*', hasData: false }
  17 verbose url raw socket.io
  18 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './socket.io' ]
  19 verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  20 info trying registry request attempt 1 at 09:33:49
  21 http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  22 info retry will retry, error on last attempt: Error: connect EACCES
  23 info trying registry request attempt 2 at 09:34:00
  24 http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  25 info retry will retry, error on last attempt: Error: connect EACCES
  26 info trying registry request attempt 3 at 09:35:00
  27 http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  28 silly lockFile c03de861-socket-io socket.io@
  29 silly lockFile c03de861-socket-io socket.io@
  30 error Error: connect EACCES
  30 error     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
  30 error     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
  30 error  { [Error: connect EACCES] code: 'EACCES', errno: 'EACCES', syscall: 'connect'     }
  31 error Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
  32 error System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  33 error command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program     Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "socket.io"
  34 error cwd C:\node
  35 error node -v v0.10.22
  36 error npm -v 1.3.14
  37 error syscall connect
  38 error code EACCES
  39 error errno EACCES
  40 error stack Error: connect EACCES
  40 error stack     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
  40 error stack     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
  41 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
  </code></pre>