http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh_singh/archive/2009/04/23/visual-studio-2005-2008-ide-web-controls-in-the-toolbox-seen-grayed-out-for-asp-net-projects.aspxHere is a quick post that may help you save few hours if you get into this problem. Symptoms -- Out of blue you realize that when you try to create and open a new Web site/Web Application project we do not see any of the Web controls in the Toolbox. Iten-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh_singh/archive/2009/04/23/visual-studio-2005-2008-ide-web-controls-in-the-toolbox-seen-grayed-out-for-asp-net-projects.aspx#9563696Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:08:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9563696Anith &raquo; Visual Studio 2005/2008 IDE: Web Controls in the Toolbox seen grayed out for Asp.Net projects ?<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.anith.com/?p=31596">http://www.anith.com/?p=31596</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh_singh/archive/2009/04/23/visual-studio-2005-2008-ide-web-controls-in-the-toolbox-seen-grayed-out-for-asp-net-projects.aspx#9859204Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:44:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9859204jetau13<p>Excellent! It worked! Thanks so much!</p>