To install start setup by going to the START menu. Then the RUN button
 
Use the letter of your CDROM where your SS2 CD is located and type this:
 
F:\SETUP.EXE -LGNTFORCE
 
This will start the SS2 setup.
 
Once finished install the latest patch. You may need to install a gamecrack but most likely not.

From the compatibility pages right here at NT Compatible ( http://www.ntcompatible.com/comp.php?cat=games&idx=s):
 
System Shock 2 (Looking Glass) Yes W2000 03/02
Received the follow messages:
1)To install System Shock 2 on your Windows 2000 system, you will need to run the following command (from a DOS window or
using the Run Program command): Setup -lgntforce also you need
the patch from http://www.lglass.com/cs/shkpatch.exe
to fix the incompatibility with the SafeDisk copy protection and
the OS.
2) Fails to work under Matrox G200 cards due to driver bug.
(Even after patch.) Game installs fine, but exits out with a
black screen and then an error message from SS2 -- "YOUR
VIDEO HARDWARE IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SYSTEM SHOCK 2"
Thief 1 & 2, also by Looking
Glass, have problems with the driver. Matrox is aware of the bug
it will hopefully be fixed in the next driver revision. http://forum.matrox.com/mgaforum/Forum10/HTML/000644.html
3) I tried the sugguestions noted but the game hangs once I get into a mission. No clue if its 2000 related, or hardware related. Have dual 800 PIII's, 128 rdram, geforce2 gts, sb x-gamer, both with latest drivers.
4) If you have dual CPUs, you need to start the game, then set the affinity to only one CPU in task manager. With affinity set to both CPUs, SS2 will crash.
5) If installed using "setup.exe -lgntforce" (no quote marks) and the patch is installed then it should work fine.
ftp://ftp.gamepower.com/pub/gamepower/sysshock2/shkpatch.exe
6) Have to force install from CD by adding -lgntforce after the exe. Then install the newest patch and it'll work.
http://www.3dfiles.com/patches/systemshock2.shtml
7) The old link to the patch is dead. This works and its also the original link.
http://www.irrationalgames.com/shock2/files/shkpatch.exe
8) The game and the patches installed normally.
On some of the menu screens, the mouse pointer "freezes" on the screen, but is actually still moving... you just can't see it. If you listen for the sounds that the pointer makes when it passes over a hover button, you can switch to the desktop and then switch back to the game to get a new snapshot and hopefully be close to the button you need.
I am fairly certain this issue is caused by my video card driver.
I have an ATI Rage Fury 128.
http://www.sshock2.com

Some personal experiences I could install and run it fine but when I tried to apply the official patch the game would crap out giving errors, so I guess be careful when patching. Haven't tried it under XP yet.

If you bought the "Classics" re-released SS2, it should already have the latest version, and the patch would be redundant. If the main menu has a multiplayer submenu, you have the patched version.

Hi,
 
thank you very much. It works...