How do I my laptop to view videos made with my canon compact digital camera?

What brand is your computer? What is the OS? Does it have a USB port? If so you should be able to connect your camera to your computer and download the pictures.

Just curious, was my answer in your previous post not clear? Dr1757 asks some good things that I didn't think to ask, I just assumed you had a USB port...

Here is my previous recommendation simplified...

Card Reader,
Camera's charging/transfer cable...

If you have a USB port then those are your 2 best ways...