The thing to do with cracked stuff is to keep the download you have and reuse in future if they work well. There are plenty of programs I've used for years on junk PCs that gave me no trouble at all so they get loaded up on the next one too.
This is pretty much what I do as well. Though my way is that, I ask for the file from a friend who has it for a long time already. Glad I could get it for free 'cause if it's someone else, he'd surely ask for a payment.
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And when it comes to Windows 10 Microsoft don't really care all that much if you're not activated. You can still use it in perpetuity. I'd much rather get the occasional nudge from them than go to shithole websites and download unknown crap.
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I know right. Ever since I had a laptop of my own, I didn't bother to activate my MS apps. As long as I can use it with the necessary tools in it, I'm fine. Downloading files I'm not sure of from the internet is something I avoid. Virus and malwares could be in any form now. Better safe than sorry.