First Account Wont Work

[:1]Two days ago i got my first copy of WOW battle chest. I installed both disks WOW and The Burning Crusade. I set up my Battle net account and when i try to log into WOW it directs me to battle net to log in. When i return to WOW to try log in it keeps getting stuck on Authenticating did i do something wrong or are servers not workin. I have been reading up on it else where but everything i try nothing works. Im sorry my first post it a moaning one but im mad to get started a little late to the party i know. Thanks for any help in advance.|||Its ok i got it sorted.