If you generate PS OpenType fonts then “Use PostScript FontName as FullName on Windows” is a must to make sure that your fonts will not conform to the specs. (If you generate TT OpenType fonts, then this is not required.)

[a] I’ve followed the naming conventions suggested by Adam Twardoch except I have abandoned the short name usage (Instead replacing Reg with Regular, Lig with Light etc).
[b] The reason I ask this question is that ...

I am not sure if I understand.
[a] What do you assign as ’Family Name’ and ’Style Name’, and as ’OT Family Name’ and ’OT Style Name’? You have read this in Adam Twardoch’s document but to emphasize it: For a family to work in Windows it is important that a family as defined by the ’Family Name’ does not have more, or other, styles (i.e. ’Style Name’) than Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic.
[b] Windows applications usually show the ’Family Name’ only, and styles are accessed by Bold/Italic buttons. I cannot remember of any Windows application showing ’PS Font Name’ or ’Full Name’ in the font menu, so in this respect, it does not matter how ’PS Font Name’ and ’Full Name’ look like. (It is different with Adobe applications. These show ’OT Family Name’ and ’OT Style Name’ in the font menu, and only if not present, show ’Family Name’ and ’Style Name’.)
What is important for cross-platform compatibility of Word documents is that in the regular style, ’Font Name’ is identical with ’Mac Name’, or if you don’t provide the latter, ’Font Name’ is identical with ’Full Name’ (see here).

Track (always interesting and confusing topic).

Hm, I use the exact settings (as far as I know ) as were placed on that FontLab MSNGroup by Adam, and that works fine on Windows.

me — is a must to make sure that your fonts will not conform to the specs

Should be:
If you generate PS OpenType fonts then “Use PostScript FontName as FullName on Windows” is a must (to make sure that your fonts will conform to the specs).
[no “not”]

Mike Jarboe — I’m curious if it’s standard to keep the ’Use PostScript FontName as FullName on Windows’ option checked.

Now I see that this is all you want to know. Answer is yes.
Forget the rest of my post; I was confused by things you wrote about menus etc ...

Thanks… yes my main question is if I should keep that option checked but in as welll I’m looking for insight via individual responses as this topic of font naming seems rather complex.

I really just wished that there wasn’t such a difference between Mac and Pc font menu structure (another topic) as I want the font menu and sub menu’s to be as similar as possible between platforms and applications.

Right before export I started looking into the ’Generating OpenType PS’ preferences and that started my curiosity.