Hard drive image moving on screen

I have been running on Macs since '84 and I have no clue if it is possible to have the hard drive image from moving from its place after an update and to have it not move
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Thanks Glenn,
Hopefully by applying the snap to grid will solve my problem.
I noticed though that when you go to the View tab and then to the Arange By tab I can not uncheck all. The item in the tab that is applied as in view arange by name will sort the items by name and will stay that way. I am not able to have it uncheck all
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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