Who says you're a dummy?
Open the Start menu and look for the Shut Down icon on the lower right.
(Yes, we have to 'start' to shut down - welcome to Windows.) Click the Shut
Down icon and you should see a small window with three icons, one of which
is Hibernate.
Mind you, this presumes that Hibernation is enabled on your computer. To see
if that's true, open Control Panel and double-click on the Power Options
icon. When the Properties sheet opens, select the Hibernate tab and put a
checkmark in Enable hibernation (unless one is already there.)
Tom Swift