The shortest explanation is that Internet Explorer is configured to try to solve errors in the Web sites you are trying to access.

Those errors may, among other things, be rooted in the programming language used to make these Web sites interactive - to let you enter information and otherwise get the site to work with you.

One solution is to reconfigure IE to ignore the goofs and stop, well, bugging you about them.

Open Internet Explorer.

Click on Tools, then on Internet Options.

Click on the Advanced tab.

Look for the "Disable script debugging" line, and click on the box next to it to put a check mark in the box.

Now look for the "Display a notification about every script error" line, and click on the box to remove the check mark.

This procedure may vary according to the version of IE you have.

Naturally, that is not the end to scripting error possibilities.

The Runtime 216 error message in Internet Explorer is a warning that the computer has been infected by a SubSeven Trojan horse.

Getting rid of the warning requires updating antivirus definitions and scanning the hard drive for the evildoer.

The are many variations on the runtime and debugging message, in fact, and each variation can be the result of a different problem.