npm --version在Windows 7上抛出错误

Question

在Windows 7 x64上执行npm --version时，我得到：

net.js:10
const cares = process.binding('cares_wrap');
                      ^

Error: EFILE
    at net.js:10:23
    at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:523:7)
    at NativeModule.require (bootstrap_node.js:464:18)
    at createWritableStdioStream (internal/process/stdio.js:155:19)
    at process.getStdout [as stdout] (internal/process/stdio.js:10:14)
    at module.exports (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm
log\node_modules\set-blocking\index.js:2:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules
\npmlog\log.js:11:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:573:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:582:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:490:32)
net.js:10
const cares = process.binding('cares_wrap');
                      ^

Error: EFILE
    at net.js:10:23
    at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:523:7)
    at NativeModule.require (bootstrap_node.js:464:18)
    at tty.js:4:13
    at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:523:7)
    at NativeModule.require (bootstrap_node.js:464:18)
    at createWritableStdioStream (internal/process/stdio.js:142:19)
    at process.getStdout [as stdout] (internal/process/stdio.js:10:14)
    at module.exports (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm
log\node_modules\set-blocking\index.js:2:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules
\npmlog\log.js:11:1)

这可能是因为该计算机是虚拟机吗？另一方面，node --version命令提供正确的输出。