So there is no way for me (other than placing spsces between the letters) to force an accronym to show up like I want it to be displayed for a user that have this option turn on?

In that case, may I suggest to remove A D O in the list of expanded accronyms, because ActiveX Data Objects.NET really look weird.

>In the Message view setup menu, there is an option to turn on/off acronyms. This applies, however, to all forums.