Try this from cmd line as Administrator
optional part, if you need to use a proxy:
set HTTP_PROXY=http://login:password@your-proxy-host:your-proxy-port
set HTTPS_PROXY=http://login:password@your-proxy-host:your-proxy-port
run this:
npm install -g --production windows-build-tools
No need for Visual Studio. This has what you need.
References:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools