Why do the screens on my Mac Book fly off to the side?

Why do the screens on my Mac Book fly off to the side?  Scrolling and clicking on open programs bring back the screens BUT I don't want them to disappear in the first place.  Help?

Just realized this is occuring on an older Mac with 10.6.8 system, so no Mission Control.  But I did change hot corner settings to do nothing and we'll see how that goes.
Thanks very much.

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