Zguy, I am sure you have already figured this out, but you can remove the annoying SWIPE SCREEN TO UNLOCK message on the lockscreen by going to Display in settings, and uncheck Help text. Also, you can add a personalized message to your lockscreen by going to Security in settings, and select Owner Information.
As stated above QuickPic fixes the non-scrolling wallpaper issue, but you also need a launcher like Go Launcher EX. Don't use Go Launcher EX to select your image though, as it will still only allow you to crop in vertical mode. Though you do need to make sure that Display Mode, in the Go Launcher EX Wallpaper settings, is set to Default, not Vertical, before it will work correctly. To get a horizontal crop, you have to go to Settings >, Display >, Home screen wallpaper >, QuickPic Wallpaper, and then it will let you crop your image correctly.