Nodejs-socket.IO- WebSocket is closed before the connection is established

I'm using the following on a Windows 7 machine

Nodejs: version 0.10.28

with the following node modules

socket.IO v 0.9.16

express v 3.4.6

When I load my web page in the latest Google Chrome and view the javascript console I get the following error message immediately

Nodejs-socket.IO- WebSocket is closed before the connection is established.

Firewall is turned off. I also tried changing ports. I've googled and checked the other answers on stackoverflow but nothing has been helpful.

Can any node,js gurus help with troubleshooting?