Perhaps I should have made it clearer that the OSX 10.7 Lion machine I used was a CLEAN load...OS only from Apple..boots up first time to the "If you would like to use English" start up. I made one new account, copied in the AAMEE and the installers and ran it as advertised.
I didn't take the time to try the same thing with 10.8, but I suspect the secret was in pristine condition of the OS.