npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

Downloading BuildTools_Full.exe
Downloading python-2.7.13.msi
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Downloaded python-2.7.13.msi. Saved to C:\Users\Administrator\.windows-build-tools\python-2.7.13.msi.
Starting installation...
Launched installers, now waiting for them to finish.
This will likely take some time - please be patient!
Waiting for installers... \Successfully installed Python 2.7
Waiting for installers... \Successfully installed Visual Studio Build Tools.
+ windows-build-tools@1.3.2
added 125 packages in 1419.614s

$ npm install -g which 
$ which node 
after cd into the directory, inside the directory cd into node_modules\npm folder and finally: 
$ npm install node-gyp@latest

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21658832/npm-install-error-msb3428-could-not-load-the-visual-c-component-vcbuild-ex