1. A method of generating a unique identifier in non-platform-specific software, comprising the steps of: in response to an event occurring on a computer system, retrieving an event timestamp from an intermediate operating environment on the computer system, wherein the intermediate operating environment is a virtual machine; retrieving a system name from the intermediate operating environment on the computer system; retrieving a hash value from the intermediate operating environment on the computer system; and combining the system name, event timestamp, and hash value to create a unique identifier for uniquely identifying the intermediate operating environment on the computer system without requiring platform-specific software.