Items stacked on desktop

All files I save to the desktop, any external volumes I mount all end up in the bottom right corner of my desktop stacked on top of each other.
Any ideas?
Power Mac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Try increasing the size of the icons. This seems to happen when the icons are small. In Finder choose "View" menu >> "Show View Options" and use the slider to select a larger icon size.
-mj
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