Desktop pictures have their on will when reboot?

Hi there,
For a while now, every time i boot up my MacBook the shortcuts on the desktop are all messy placed in the corner.
I have to right click-->clean up by name--> and move some of them manually.
Yet it keeps happening.
This also happens when i connect my MacBook to my 27-inch external apple monitor.
I'm running OSX Lion 10.7.
Thank you.

I can only update to 10.7.4.
Also good?
Also, i have quite a list of software i can update, including jave (from which i heard) was the reason the virus could enter my MPB.
What should i do with jave?
Thank you for your help.

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