Also try and upload a freshly compiled ASPNET.StarterKit.Communities.dll, ofcause I would download the one remote to have a backup. I have learned you cannot have a backup of the dll lying in the same folder, the bin folder. The gobal.asax has not much in it but it restarts the gcn. OK, it may be an idea to delete it remotely and refresh the community in the browser before uploading it from local.