Hello,

Had the problem of only 2 options (settings) for display colors and that was 2 (Black and White) or 16. This was due to the fact that I INSTALLED Win 98 on my IBM thinkpad that used to be XP. I went from standard PCI Graphics to Super VGA drivers. I went from Laptop Display Panel (800x600) to I'm not quite SURE. I restarted the computer and it went from bad (grainy and applications asking me to change the RESOLUTION) to worse (grainier and icons supersized). Nothing can be seen for me to try to reverse the damage I've done so I'm not able to, for instance, hit the start button to GO to display via control panel cause I can't "see" the start button.  I can't go to the desktop and right click and go to properties either.   Luckily I have a desktop but I've searched online for an answer and can't find one! Thank you in advance for your assistance everyone.Something similar has happended to me every once in a while. When I boot windows I get a message of incompatibility with hardware or something alike, everything becomes 16-color and 640X480. Try setting the colors (not the resolution) higher, see if it makes a difference. I'm not sure though.You need to have the correct VIDEO drivers for the operating system being used. Some newer machines do not have Win98 drivers. Which ThinkPad is this? What is the 7 digit number on the bottom of the machine - xxxx-xxx?Hello,

I turned it over - It's an i series 1300 and the only thing I seen that is "7" is Type  117-5XU.  Thank you for your interest and Thank you for your help.That's probably 6 of the 7 digits we need. The format of the digits is xxxx-xxx. It is a machine type and model number. That machine should do well with 98, we just have to find the number to get the drivers. If you want to download and run Belarc Advisor (it's free), it will tell you as well. www.belarc.comI looked for the number but didn't see anything in that format either.  As for downloading -        I'm unable to since the toolbar is nowhere to be found - the hugeness of all that is on the top of the screen makes finding anything on the bottom impossible - even if the screen was readable.  It truely is grainy!How about booting in safe mode - F8 several times when you restart the machine BEFORE the Windows logo.

Belarc can be downloaded onto a floppy and installed from there.

UPDATE!

Here is your drive and a text file that will tell you how to install it:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4WYP53

Obviously, this will have to be burned to a CD and installed in safe mode.  Thanks - Your suggestion was what I needed to do - Thanks so much for including the IBM info - I've been on that site and its way over my head!!Glad you are all fixed up.