combine two displays of two separate machines

combine two displays of two separate machines I have two desktops each with single vga monitor output. I am interested to have an extended monitor setup, where i can extend the desktop of one of my machines and that way i can also work on the other using remote desktop. Any idea how can i do that? I am running Windows 7 on one and Win Server 2k8 on another.
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"I think you're looking for a solution like MaxiVista, as already explained here (and in tons of other discussions on SU). Synergy is something else, where each computer keeps its screen, only the mouse and keyboard are redirected.

However, I think it's a bit strange to extend the desktop on the screen of the other computer, and do a RDP connection to access it? But it should work, as the RDP connection will access another session and the Maxivista extended screen will use the interactive session."

Guest [Entry]

As Johannes Rössel writes, Synergy is the undoubtedly cheapest and perhaps even the best solution to this problem. It's cross platform (Windwos, OS X and Linux), open source and (after a bit of configuration) completely invisible and easy to use.