Thinkpad X1 Product: 1294-2pg, reinstalled windows 7 having problems

Hi there
recently had to reinstall windows 7 professional because i have a virus on my laptop preventing internet access.
I'm now going through the long process of installing all the drivers again, but they aren't working for some reason. I can't access my webcam (when I press Fn + F6 nothing happens), the brightness buttons (FN + f8/f9), the volume buttons on the right hand side work but nothing comes up on the screen. the only driver that seems to have installed properly is access connections.
I have installed all the drivers I thought I would need from the website but none of them have had any affect (apart from access connections). I also cannot correct the screen resolution, it is the wrong one but i can only choose from 1024 x 768, 960 x 600 and 800 x 600 on the windows screen resolution settings. i think my resolution should be 1366 x 768.
please help!!  my dissertation is due in a few days and i need a working laptop to write on.
thanks for reading.

Have you tried to install the Drivers using the ThinkVantage System Update?
http://support.lenovo.com/en_AU/downloads/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVSU-UPDATE
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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