Hi Mariette,
I got this exact error when I tested DNN 3.2.0 with ASP.NET 2.0, which I tested as a result of your post in the Inventua forums. This error is actually just a follow-on side effect of the "real" error, which is a "ResX input is not valid. Cannot find valid "resheader" tags for the ResX reader and writer type names" (have a look in your log viewer to see these).
The error happens because DNN 3.2 ships with a web.config that is appropriate for ASP.NET 1.1. Adding this to web.config fixed the problem.
<compilation debug="false" strict="false">
<buildProviders>
<remove extension=".resx" />
<remove extension=".resources" />
</buildProviders>
<assemblies>
<add assembly="Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
<add assembly="System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
<add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
<add assembly="System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
</assemblies>
<!-- register your app_code subfolders to generate granular assemblies during compilation
<codeSubDirectories>
<add directoryName="sub-directory name"/>
</codeSubDirectories>
-->
</compilation>