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Andrei
Andrei

Reputation: 93

Node JS is not installed on win machine

When I am trying to install node on win machine, I always get this error:

An error occurred while applying security settings.
Authenticated Users is not a valid user or group. This
could be a problem with the package, or a problem
connecting to a domain controller on the network. Check
your network connection and click Retry, or Cancel to
end the install.

What may be a reason and how it may be solved? Thanks

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Upvotes: 9

Views: 3731

Answers (3)

JIT Solution
JIT Solution

Reputation: 1053

Try the Previous Version (v14.17.1), worked for me.
The error seems to be related to non domain joined Computers with Admin User.

Edit:
The Version v14.17.3 seems to have a fix (stated in the node Gitlab Issue Install directory permissions broken on non-English Windows systems)

Upvotes: 8

Jake Holehand
Jake Holehand

Reputation: 151

Open Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as administrator and type:

net localgroup /add "Authenticated Users"

Then click the "Retry" button or run the installation file again.

Upvotes: 15

Philip
Philip

Reputation: 11

Reason has been provided by @JIT Solution

To resolve: add the missing group.

  1. Open the "Computer Management" tool

  2. Open the "Local Users and Group" tree.

  3. Open the "Groups" folder and search for a profile named "Authenticated Users", it should be missing.

  4. Right-click on the Groups folder and select New Group. Type in "Authenticated Users" (case sensitive) as the New Group name and select Create.

Upvotes: 1

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