Your computer doesn't have the registry key for World at War. You need to install the game via the CD to get the key.

it gets stuck at "updating component registration" when I install

a while ago I formatted my pc and because it gets stuck while installing the game I just copied it from windows.old (might be relevant) now every time I load the game this I get stuck in this loop:
 
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good job with the red name AKA ^1

Question, my call of duty world at war is kind of freaky so I can't create an online profile, is the online profile needed to play online with the UGX launcher

any release date yet?

Right now.

good thing I was wrong