computer improperly organizing files

Hi everyone,

My macbook pro is about 4 1/2 years old and this problem has been around for a while but it never really bothered me until I started accumulating more files in my computer.

Anyways, as you can see from the two pictures I uploaded my files are alphabetically listed wrong. I figured it was just an inevitable problem because my computer is a few years old, but is there a way to fix this? I would also like to point out one picture is from my desktop (this is not the only list; pretty much all lists are like this, other than my pictures since they all start the same) and the other is from iTunes internet radio (the one with the speaker), so this problem has gone to an application.

Tried a google search, tried a forum search, no results so that's why I am asking.