Windows 10: display problems, showing split screen

Since installing windows 10 on my old dell, i am having major problems. The Computer is very slow, and is probably too old to properly run the new Windows, but the biggest issue is that after a restart, i am seeing a split screen display with a line through the centre of the screen, and i can find no way to get it back to a single display. After multiple more restarts it has gone back to one screen, but i am now getting two again. In case i am not being clear, here is a photo of what i am seeing. Any help is greatly appreciated!



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No split screen in Windows 10

I have a computer I built and installed Windows 10 Pro. I installed my dual DVI output graphics card and booted the computer.

Problem is the monitors are mirrored. I have followed three articles from Microsoft and nothing will split the monitors.

I have gone into Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Display, Display Setting and the compute only recognizes one monitor.

One of the articles said to go to CP, A&P, Personalization and click on Display Setting but there is no display setting in Personalization.

So could someone explain to me how to split the screens in W10. The computer I replaced was running W7 Pro and it split the screen when it booted. I have a second computer running W7 and it also split the screen when it booted. Is there a setting, or
something, different in W10 that needs to be set, or changed. Thanks.

 

Split Screen Desktops

You can't do it natively and I recommended an article with solutions:

SplitView Download SplitView 2018 | SplitView

SplitView is a great program that splits windows on your screen and allows you to easily manage and display split windows. The program does not necessarily create two separate displays. But does give the user a much easier way to split their windows and move
them on screen. Once installed two additional buttons will be added to each window at the top left that can be clicked to split the window.

GridMode
http://jgpaiva.donationcoders.com/gridmove.html

GridMode is another excellent program and a free alternative that enables users to split their screen into grids. Once split up the user can drag windows into the grids and easily manage windows several different ways. To drag to a grid move the window to one
of the edges of the screen.

Display Fusion -
http://www.displayfusion.com/Compare/

 

This happens only in Windows or before (in BIOS)? It could be that your graphics card is failing. You can ask a technician to repair it by heating (reflow or reballing) but it could do it again after some months.

 

Ah, that would make sense, thanks for the tip. I was assuming it was an issue caused by the windows upgrade and I read about some compatibility issues between older nvidia drivers and windows 10, but the split screen error does occur on the initial boot up before windows actually loads.

 

it might be the driver for the video card. This problem is happening to me too and someone told me that it should be a driver issue.
look for a driver in you Video Card's manufacturer website.

 

If it's in the boot-up as well, before Windows loads, then it cannot be a driver problem. The graphics card is failing. Ask a technician for repairing it.