Note, this is a Frontpage (web design application) group, not a general
Windows group; perhaps you meant to post to the Microsoft Office newsgroup?
It would be helpful if you told us what type of documents you're referring
to and in which applications you created them. e.g. are they Word, Excel,
Powerpoint files, or something else?
At this stage I'm going to assume you're talking about general files like MS
Office, and this was just a mis-posted question to this Frontpage group.
What error messages do you get when trying to open these files?
Do you have the same applications that you produced these documents in,
installed on the laptop? e.g. you need MS Office for word, excel etc; this
is not included with Windows Vista (or any other Windows O/S edition); it's
a separately purchasable product, however you might have a *trial* of Office
2007 that was bundled with the computer - but it requires a licence key
(purchase online) or you need to purchase the retail copy from a shop, to
continue use after the trial period (30-60 days).