The HDMI connection on your laptop is an output i.e. you can connect a large screen TV to that port, but not the output from your NVR.
Normally, you would just connect a standard monitor (or TV) to the NVR's HDMI port (output) to view the settings etc.
You would navigate with a mouse, connected to one of the NVR's USB ports.
You would make text entries with the onscreen keyboard that the NVR will display on the monitor, selecting letters etc. via the mouse.