[Keyboard & Mouse not working, help!]

Maybe check your BIOS? All those settings look right? Change around the legacy USB settings if they are listed.

[Windows Install Lock?]

Do a search on Google for "System Locked Pre-installation". OEMs use this method for locking their pre activated OS to specific hardware. There is a lot involved with this and I don't know if it would even be available (even if it is, it's not cheap) to a non-OEM.

[two questions: getting rid of recycle bin icon &]

I moved it to my control panel. Figured if I ever use it I can just go the extra step.

[OEM Information & Logo..]

I didn't notice anything copy over from the $OEM$\$1 or $OEM$\$$ directories until I added a FactoryMode=Yes in the unattended section.

I read through this but I either missed someone saying it (I appologize if someone did) or it was not said. Or I am completely off my rocker (most likely).

[unattended]

FactoryMode = YES