1. A computer-readable medium bearing computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a computer, carry out a method for handling a request for an operating system service, the method comprising: receiving a request for the execution of an operating system service; identifying the corresponding operating system service; obtaining a unique service identifier corresponding to the requested operating system service; generating a service thread associated with an executing process and initializing storage associated with the thread with the unique service identifier; and initiating the execution of the service thread.