It seems GetHostNameW only works on Windows 8.1 and above. Since Windows 7 has reached EoL, we have stopped to support that platform per doc. Therefore, I'm afraid that there is no actionable step for the issue.

You could try Node.js v12.x , if you want to use Node.js in Win7.

Refs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winsock2/nf-winsock2-gethostnamew

@gruber123 (and all who needs fix) we should vote for this pr in libuv: libuv/libuv#3285
There is little hope that pr will be accepted, but still it is

Well, now 14.18.0 gives the same error, so 14.17.6 is the only remaining option for win7 :-(

For me the latest version 16.6.2 that works install through nvm

Like the comments above: Node.js no longer supports Win7

For node run 16.6.2 works on windows 7, but client frameworks such as angular has limited support for node.js versions. I've checked it with last LTS 14.8.1 fails with same stupid error about hostnamewa ..., finally i've set for angular version 14.15.0, i will try 14.7.6 someday,
also expo-cli runs only with versions above 15, Something weird happens with node.js.