Opening link from Word document

Hello all,

I wasn't sure where to put this so here it is.

I have a link in a word document (2003) that contains a query string. When this link is clicked from word (opens up in IE) the query string appears correctly in the Address bar but when the page executes the data from the query string does not exist (like there was no query string appended to the url).

Opening the same link directly from the browser or any other document (ie pdf) works perfectly.

Any ideas on what the heck is going on?