title: NPM error while installing any NPM module
body: <p>Hi all I am trying to install a npm module <a href="http://socket.io/" rel="nofollow">http://socket.io/</a>.. In fact the same error I am getting while installing <strong>any NPM</strong> Module.</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\wamp\www\nodetutorial&gt;npm install socket.io
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
  npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
  npm ERR!     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
  npm ERR!     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
  npm ERR!  { [Error: connect ECONNREFUSED]
  npm ERR!   code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  npm ERR!   errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  npm ERR!   syscall: 'connect' }
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the
  npm ERR! 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config'
  
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "C:\\wamp\\www\\nodetutorial\\\\node.exe" "C:\\wamp\\www\\nodet
  utorial\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "socket.io"
  npm ERR! cwd C:\wamp\www\nodetutorial
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.23
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.17
  npm ERR! syscall connect
  npm ERR! code ECONNREFUSED
  npm ERR! errno ECONNREFUSED
  npm ERR! stack Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
  npm ERR! stack     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
  npm ERR! stack     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\wamp\www\nodetutorial\npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance..</p>